US Casts 45 Vetoes and CountingWhile Protecting a Client State
UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (IPS) – The UN Security Council (UNSC), the most powerful political body at the United Nations, has largely remained silent...
Where are the Women? How Pandemic Decisions are Ingraining Global Gender Bias
UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (IPS) – There are teams of experts around the world right now tackling the coronavirus pandemic, providing pathways to put...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the importance of renewed commitment to multilateralism during talks held on Thursday. Read...
A study of Earth’s crust hints that supernovas aren’t gold mines
A smattering of plutonium atoms embedded in Earth’s crust are helping to resolve the origins of nature’s heaviest elements. Scientists had long suspected that...
Rivers might not be as resilient to drought as once thought
Rivers ravaged by a lengthy drought may not be able to recover, even after the rains return. Seven years after the Millennium drought baked...
The top UN humanitarian official in South Sudan has called for law enforcement along roads following the first killing of an aid worker in the...
Will the UN hold Myanmars Military Accountable for Its Crimes against Children?
SEOUL, May 13 (IPS) – In one particularly bloody day in March, Myanmar’s security forces shot and killed at least ten children, some as...
First Person: ‘God save us from famine’
The conflict in Yemen forced Asia El-Sayeed Ali and her family from her home in Aden’s Al Tawahi district, where there was active fighting,...
Russias Sputnik Diplomacy
MADRID, May 13 (IPS) – The writer is a journalist and managing editor of Armando.info, an investigative journalism site.While Western countries were busy with...
Latin America & the Caribbean Assess Climate Ambition and Action Ahead of COP26
UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (IPS) – The Dominican Republic opened the 2021 virtual Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week with a pledge to...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now