Railroads Drive Expansion of Soybean Cultivation in Brazil’s Amazon Region
RÃ�O DE JANEIRO, Aug 27 (IPS) – The sea of soybeans that sprouts every November will spread even further in the state of Mato...
Systemic Barriers Exist in Canadian Healthcare for Immigrant Health Professionals
Toronto, Canada, Aug 27 (IPS) – Albert Einstein said, “In the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity.” The year 2020 was a year...
The UN Security Council on Friday underlined the importance of combatting terrorism in Afghanistan following the deadly attack at the airport in the capital,...
More children than ever before live as migrants or refugees, outside their birth countries – UNICEF
More girls and boys than ever are on the move, with 35.5 million having lived outside their country of birth in 2020 and an...
Vaccine inequity causes ‘dangerous divergence’ in COVID survival rates – UN agency heads
The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at “two alarmingly different speeds”, UN agency leaders said in a statement on Friday, noting that...
Pacific Community Warns of Threat to Education Retention in the Wake of COVID-19
CANBERRA, Australia, Aug 27 (IPS) – Before the pandemic, many Pacific Island countries grappled with low numbers of students completing secondary education. Now experts...
Digital Tech can Help African Island States Cope with Climate Change
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 27 (IPS) – Investing in digital technologies can help African small island developing states (SIDS), vulnerable to extreme weather events, cope...
Advancing the Rights of Women Manual Scavengers in India
Aug 27 (IPS) – Manual scavenging is a caste-based profession that leads to discrimination and atrocities against those engaged in it. Generations of families...
50 years ago, astronomers were chipping away at Pluto’s mass
The shrinking mass of Pluto — Science News, August 28, 1971 Pluto was the last of the planets to be discovered (in 1930). If...
An incredibly resilient coral in the Great Barrier Reef offers hope for the future
A coral the size of a carousel is the widest known in the Great Barrier Reef. Found just off the coast of Goolboodi Island...
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint 
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COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy 
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