The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned Monday’s attack on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in which...
Myanmar coup: ‘No sign’ of end to brutal crackdown on all fronts
One hundred days since the Myanmar military seized power, the “brutal” repression of protesters has continued, despite all international efforts to end the violence,...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 11 (IPS) – Thanks to President Biden, the US now supports a suspension of intellectual property (IP) rights to increase...
Kenyas Dryland Farmers Embrace Regenerative Farming to Brave Tough Climate
MAKUENI, Kenya, May 11 (IPS) – It is an uncommon occurrence to see farms with flourishing healthy crops in Kenya’s semi-arid Makueni County. But...
Pakistanis in Italy: Against All Odds
ROME, May 11 (IPS) – Daud Khan, Ahmed Raza and Mahnoor Malik speak to a young immigrant in Italy about his journey to EuropeWe...
One Health Approach Key to Tackling Africas Challenges
IBADAN, Nigeria, May 11 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that global health challenges cannot be solved only by health sector interventions....
Morphing noodles start flat but bend into curly pasta shapes as they’re cooked
This pasta is no limp noodle. When imprinted with carefully designed arrangements of grooves, flat pasta morphs as it cooks, forming tubes, spirals and...
Vaccine hesitancy is nothing new. Here’s the damage it’s done over centuries
As vaccines to protect people from COVID-19 started becoming available in late 2020, the rhetoric of anti-vaccine groups intensified. Efforts to keep vaccines out...
Is this the year we overcome the global economic crisis caused by the pandemic? Are our jobs in danger? Who has lost the most...
Equipped by US & Israeli Firms, Police in Botswana Search Phones for Sources
NEW YORK, May 11 (IPS) – Oratile Dikologang was naked when police officers pulled black plastic over his head during his detention in April...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now