War, Greed and Mass Manipulation
STOCKHOLM, Oct 26 (IPS) – In his treatise On War, the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) stated that war is “merely a continuation...
How China Can Retire Coal Early in Pakistan and Elsewhere Through the BRI
PARIS, Oct 26 (IPS) – With COP 27 approaching, pressure is mounting on wealthy countries to increase their support to poorer ones in the...
Particles from space provide a new look inside cyclones
Particles raining down from space offer 3-D views inside swirling tropical storms. Muons created from cosmic rays that smash into Earth’s upper atmosphere have...
Why fuzzy definitions are a problem in the social sciences
U.S. millennials are rejecting suburbia and moving back to the city. That was a prevailing idea in 2019, when I started as the social...
Here’s what happened to the Delaware-sized iceberg that broke off Antarctica
It was the rift watched ‘round the world. In July 2017, after weeks of anticipation, a massive iceberg about the size of Delaware split...
NEW YORK, Oct 26 (IPS) – Held in-person for the first time in three years, the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and...
Swat Women Wont Be ‘Duped’ by Militants This Time
Karachi, Oct 26 (IPS) – The rise in militancy in Swat still haunts many locals with flashbacks of what they went through 15 years...
UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday demanded real accountability for the year-long brutal crackdown on peaceful protests against the October 2021 military coup...
A €2 million agreement between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the UNDP Development Programme (UNDP), announced on Tuesday, will help restore damaged public...
Malaysia’s forced return of Myanmar’s most vulnerable must stop: UNHCR
Malaysia’s forced return of asylum-seekers to Myanmar has meant that hundreds of Myanmar nationals have been “sent back against their will” to the troubled country in the last two months,...
AI agents aren’t ready to replace humans in behavioral research 
One in five children in 21 nations faced tech-facilitated sexual abuse: UNICEF 
El Niño is surging. Months of extreme heat could follow 
Strengthen Africa’s Seed Systems El Niño Threat Becomes Reality Again