‘Remain vigilant’ against malicious technologies that could imperil future generations
With over 4.6 billion internet users around the world, digital advances continue to revolutionize human life, but “we must remain vigilant” in the face of malicious technologies...
UN humanitarians expressed concern on Tuesday at the uncertain situation in Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged Tigray region despite a ceasefire call from the Government, highlighting the...
A “pressure-cooker” heatwave that’s broken temperature records twice in 48 hours in the US northwest and western Canada is being mirrored across large parts...
Rampant impunity for human rights violations in Mali is posing serious risks for the protection of civilians in the West African country, UN rights...
Does a New Gold Standard Really Protect Miners?
BERLIN, Jun 29 (IPS) – Many products these days come with the promise that workers and communities all along their supply line are protected...
Gravitational waves reveal the first known mergers of a black hole and neutron star
Caught in a fatal inward spiral, a neutron star met its end when a black hole swallowed it whole. Gravitational ripples from that collision...
How COVID-19 vaccines were made so quickly without cutting corners
Six months after the first COVID-19 shots started going into arms in the United States, the pace of vaccination has slowed. That’s prompted White...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 29 (IPS) – Too many have swallowed the myth that lowering corporate income tax (CIT) is necessary to attract...
The Last Coral Reef Wilderness: the Chagos Archipelago
MARYLAND, USA, Jun 29 (IPS) – On the Global Reef Expedition—the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history—scientists from the Khaled bin...
Migrants smuggled across borders are often subjected to extreme violence, torture, rape and kidnapping, whether in transit or in captivity, but authorities take little...
Hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty: Türk 
UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn Sudan 
Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’ 
‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza