Squirrels use parkour tricks when leaping from branch to branch
Parkour enthusiasts need look no further than up in the trees for inspiration. Squirrels’ aerial acrobatics make the rodents masters of the form, a...
The number of refugees given shelter in safe host countries plunged last year because of pandemic border restrictions, which continue to hamper the resettlement...
‘Dont Forget Leprosy’ Campaign Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, Aug 04 (IPS) – A visit to a leprosy facility in Korea with his father, Ryoichi Sasakawa, spurred Yohei Sasakawa to...
How particle detectors capture matter’s hidden, beautiful reality
At every moment, subatomic particles stream in unfathomable numbers through your body. Each second, about 100 billion neutrinos from the sun pass through your...
Hunger Will Not Be Defeated Without a Better Environment, Nutrition and Health
ROME, Aug 04 (IPS) – Mario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)The UN Food...
WASHINGTON DC, Aug 05 (IPS) – Currently, world population is almost 8 billion, with 3.0 billion more projected before 2100. The process of reducing...
A donor conference to boost support for Lebanon one year after the devastating explosion in its capital, Beirut, represents a “unique opportunity” to renew...
Ethiopia: ‘Heartbreaking’ devastation in Tigray, says UN humanitarian chief
The new UN Emergency Relief Coordinator ended a six-day mission to Ethiopia with a fresh push to get badly needed food and other supplies into the embattled Tigray region. Read the full story,...
The head of the UN health organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until “at least the end of September” to enable the...
Work still remains on Syria chemical weapons destruction, Security Council hears
Identifying perpetrators of chemical weapon attacks, and holding them accountable, must remain a priority, a senior UN official said on Wednesday during the latest...
Light is hard to block from every direction. This physicist found a way 
Egypt: Fact-checking site’s entire newsroom jailed as assault on press freedom widens 
Nearly 64,000 flee Nigeria for Niger where a humanitarian crisis is deepening 
Ebola: IOM urges wider surveillance beyond formal routes in DR Congo