A new memoir tells the life story of NASA ‘hidden figure’ Katherine Johnson
My Remarkable JourneyKatherine Johnson with Joylette Hylick and Katherine MooreAmistad, $25.99 Katherine Johnson became a household name circa 2016, when the bestselling book and...
The oldest known tattoo tools were found at an ancient Tennessee site
Ancient tattooing tools are tough to find or even recognize as implements for creating skin designs. But new microscopic studies of two turkey leg...
Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF report
Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the lives of millions of children around the world in...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (IPS) – Failure to sufficiently accelerate comprehensive efforts to contain COVID-19 contagion has greatly worsened the catastrophe in...
Wards Without Water
LILONGWE, Malawi, May 25 (IPS) – Malawian healthcare workers are facing challenges from all sides. More than half of healthcare facilities in Malawi are...
One blue helmet lost is ‘one too many’: UN peacekeeping chief reports spike in 2021 fatalities
UN blue helmets face an increasing number of attacks throughout the complex environments in which they work, the head of the Organization’s peacekeeping operations...
Although the World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up support to people in Yemen’s worst hunger hotspots, in efforts to prevent famine, sustaining response through the rest of the year is uncertain,...
The UN Secretary-General said on Monday he was “deeply concerned” over the apparent forced landing of a commercial passenger jet over Belarus, and the subsequent detention...
The UN has called for dialogue in Samoa, where the first woman elected as Prime Minister was locked out of Parliament on Monday amid...
Gray wolves scare deer from roads, reducing dangerous collisions
Gray wolves help keep North America’s deer populations in check, and by doing so, may provide an added benefit for people: curbing deer-vehicle collisions....
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes 
‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts 
Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns