Invasive pest spread another fallout from climate change, UN-backed study finds
Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed...
After vaccinating 95 percent of adults, a Brazilian city is returning to normal
In Serrana, Brazil, schools are reopening and plans are under way for a large open-air concert. Health care workers suddenly have time for sit-down...
Mali: Military must ‘scrupulously’ respect human rights and free civilian leaders
A UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday that Mali’s new military authorities should “scrupulously respect human rights” and release all leaders detained...
A repurposed TB vaccine shows early promise against diseases like diabetes and MS
Around the world, volunteers are getting a vaccine developed to prevent tuberculosis in studies that have nothing to do with TB. Called Bacillus Calmette-Guérin,...
The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate recent deadly attacks by insurgents in the...
Naomi Osakas Bravery can be a Teachable Moment about Mental Health
ABUJA, Jun 02 (IPS) – Recently, Naomi Osaka, the number 2 ranked women’s tennis player in the world, said she would not participate in the press...
Even hard-to-kill tardigrades can’t always survive being shot out of a gun
Tardigrades aren’t completely bulletproof, after all. These microscopic critters, also known as water bears, are practically unkillable (SN: 7/14/17). They can go years without...
Life Below Water the UN Calls for Action on Ocean Protection
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) – President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has told a high-level debate on oceans that the...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 02 (IPS) – The following Oped is part of a series of articles to commemorate World Environment Day June 5With the...
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