Although the fight against terrorism has made important advances in thwarting attacks across the world, the UN chief said on Monday that threats continue...
WHO guidance on Artificial Intelligence to improve healthcare, mitigate risks worldwide
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds “enormous potential” for improving the health of millions around the world if ethics and human rights are at the heart of its...
UN rights office highlights policing reforms to address systemic racism
Radical policing reforms are needed to address systemic racism affecting people of African descent around the world, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday, as her...
No place for children in conflict, UN chief tells Security Council
The disregard for children’s rights amid war and upheaval “is shocking and heartbreaking”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday during a high-level open...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 28 (IPS) – With health systems at a breaking point, hospitals at capacity and desperate family members searching for oxygen for...
Why Pacific Island Nations, like the Federated States of Micronesia, need Climate Change Finance for Food Security Now
SYDNEY, Australia, Jun 28 (IPS) – Robby Nena is one of the many farmers and fishermen on the frontline of climate change in the...
NEW YORK, Jun 28 (IPS) – As the global gathering for gender equality, the Generation Equality Forum, kicks off in Paris on June 30,...
These beetles walk on water, upside down, underneath the surface
Being quite small, insects can have a very different relationship with the water-air interface than larger animals do. Surface tension allows for insects like...
Towards an Equal Future in Parliaments
NEW YORK, Jun 28 (IPS) – In elections last October in Georgia, women’s share of seats in parliament went up by nearly seven percent,...
Supporters of Peru’s competing presidential candidates take to roads amid election frenzy
Peru’s competing presidential candidates rightwinger Keiko Fujimori and socialist Pedro Castillo have resorted to the streets after the closely contested 6 June election
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