Violence against elderly has risen during COVID, UN expert warns
With “entrenched ageist attitudes” already undermining the autonomy of elder persons in making their own choices and decisions, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into...
UN strongly condemns ‘appalling’ attack on Syrian hospital
Senior UN officials have condemned a deadly attack on a hospital in Syria this past weekend, underlining the need for accountability for crimes committed...
COVID-19 cases drop for seventh week, but deaths fall less slowly: WHO
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported to the UN health agency has declined for seven weeks in a row, in what the top...
As Lebanon endures one of its worst financial and economic crises ever, the UN estimates that over the next eight months around $300 million...
Charcoal Production Risks Future of Zimbabwes Native Forests
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Jun 14 (IPS) – Once a week a tonnage of fresh charcoal is dropped off at Sibangani Tshobe’s rugged, pit-stop stall by...
Britain Must Fix Its Anti-Muslim Sentiment Problem
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 14 (IPS) – In 2015, When Rabina Khan was running as an independent candidate in the Tower Hamlets’ mayoral elections...
An ancient creature thought to be a teeny dinosaur turns out to be a lizard
A tiny creature caught in amber 99 million years ago isn’t the smallest dinosaur ever found. It is actually a lizard — albeit a...
Letter from Rome Italy at the Crossroads
ROME, Jun 14 (IPS) – Italy, as other countries, has been struggling to balance the health and economic challenges posed by COVID-19. Controlling the...
Gravitational waves confirm a black hole law predicted by Stephen Hawking
Despite their mysterious nature, black holes are thought to follow certain simple rules. Now, one of the most famous black hole laws, predicted by...
Most planets on tilted orbits pass over the poles of their suns
Earth is on an orderly path around the sun, orbiting in nearly the same plane as our star’s equator. In 2008, however, astronomers began...
Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent 
Human rights chief Türk renews call for end to spiralling Sudan war 
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’ 
UNGA 81: A United Nations at a Turning Point