The UN Special Envoy for Yemen appealed on Thursday for warring parties to implement a nationwide ceasefire and agree a date for peace talks,...
The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to “an even more unequal world”, the Deputy UN chief said on Thursday, speaking at the closing session of...
Neandertal DNA from cave mud shows two waves of migration across Eurasia
Neandertal DNA recovered from cave mud reveals that these ancient humans spread across Eurasia in two different waves. Analysis of genetic material from three...
Peoples Leader: A Dalit Woman Becomes The Voice of Farmers In India
NEW DELHI, India, Apr 15 (IPS) – On 12 January this year, somewhere in the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, 24 year old...
A lack of new treatments for common infections has left people dangerously exposed to the “world’s most dangerous bacteria”, the UN health agency said on Thursday. Read the full story, “Alert over shortage of new drugs...
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with the African Union (AU) Commission, launched a new continent-wide framework on Thursday, to boost trade and...
NEW YORK, Apr 15 (IPS) – Travel and economic slowdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to brake shipping, seafloor exploration, and many...
Countering Gender Stereotyping in the News Media
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 15 (IPS) – Gender stereotyping in the media has a significant impact on how women and gender minorities are perceived. In...
NEW YORK and NAIROBI, Apr 15 (IPS) – Last week Ministers of Finance met virtually at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund...
Earth sweeps up 5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust each year
As our planet orbits the sun, it swoops through clouds of extraterrestrial dust — and several thousand metric tons of that material actually reaches...
The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter 
Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo 
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes