The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the workplace dangers faced by key workers who need far greater protection to do their jobs safely, the International...
The “three planetary crises” of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are reinforcing each other and driving further damage to the environment and to...
Without decisive action by the international community, the digital divide will become “the new face of inequality”, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned the...
The thickness of lead’s neutron ‘skin’ has been precisely measured
Some atomic nuclei are thin-skinned — they’re surrounded by a slim shell of neutrons. Physicists now know how thick that neutron skin is for...
In spite of the challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Abyei with other agencies, continue to provide vital...
United Nations independent human rights experts on Tuesday voiced serious concerns over recent appointment of new members to Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission, which...
UN chief ‘realistic’ at start of fresh bid to resolve Cyprus stalemate
A fresh United Nations-led bid to seek to resolve decades of tensions in Cyprus began in Geneva on Tuesday, with Secretary-General António Guterres “realistic” about the...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Apr 27 (IPS) – May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. This feature is part of a series highlighting the current...
SANTIAGO, Apr 27 (IPS) – Standing on Punta Ventanilla, Carlos Vegas, 65, looks across at the industrial park which has been there most of...
COVID-19 can affect the brain. New clues hint at how
For more than a year now, scientists have been racing to understand how the mysterious new virus that causes COVID-19 damages not only our...
Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent 
Human rights chief Türk renews call for end to spiralling Sudan war 
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’ 
UNGA 81: A United Nations at a Turning Point