Pacific Communitys Agricultural Gene Bank Wins Global Award
SYDNEY, Sep 22 (IPS) – Safeguarding plentiful, nutritious supplies of food for the present generation of Pacific Islanders and those who come in the...
STOCKHOLM, Sep 22 (IPS) – After general elections on the 12th September, Sweden is on the threshold of a new era. The Sweden Democrats...
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Sep 22 (IPS) – Each year, low-emitting countries like Bangladesh are the greatest sufferers and, paradoxically, pay the biggest price in losses...
1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders during frank exchanges
During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government, held on Wednesday at UN Headquarters in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called...
Taking the rostrum at the annual United Nations General Assembly, Iran’s President decried as a great injustice the “double standard” exhibited by Western nations...
The international community cannot stand by as a major power uses violence to expand its borders, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the United Nations...
More than 75 years have passed since the establishment of the United Nations as a guardian of global peace, “we are still witnessing the...
The world is falling “far short” of commitments made three decades ago to protect minority communities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, appealing for concrete...
Strongly denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, United States President Joe Biden warned United Nations Member States on Wednesday that “if a nation can pursue...
Yemen: Marking ‘significant milestone’, UN says stricken tanker salvage operation can begin
The salvage of the ageing supertanker FSO Safer, off the Yemeni coast, can now begin, the UN said on Wednesday, after it announced that...
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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
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