SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 06 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take an unprecedented human and economic toll, wiping away years of...
United Nations agencies in Timor-Leste are supporting response efforts, as floods and landslides left widespread damage across the country, including in the capital, Dili....
Fifty-eight women and children of more than 600 who were abducted last year during vicious intercommunal fighting in South Sudan, have been reunited with their...
Mexico Looks to the Heavens for a Solution to Its Water Crisis
MEXICO CITY, Apr 05 (IPS) – In neighbourhoods like Tehuixtitla in southern Mexico City, rain brings joy, because it provides water for showering, washing...
New depictions of ancient hominids aim to overcome artistic biases
Depictions of extinct human ancestors and cousins are often more art than science. Take, for example, two reconstructions of the Taung child, a 2.8-million-year-old...
Newly made laser-cooled antimatter could test foundations of modern physics
For the first time, physicists have used lasers to deep-freeze antimatter. In a new experiment, an ultraviolet laser quelled the thermal jitters of antihydrogen...
Thousands of people in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado are on the move in search of safety, as the security situation remains volatile,...
The United Nations Secretary-General has called on the international community to recommit to the target of a mine-free world, urging efforts to “make this...
A deadly attack on Friday against peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has been condemned in the strongest terms by the...
Dumsile Mavuso, the founder and head of Eswatini’s first national association for people with diabetes, is now bringing her knowledge and experience to fight...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now