Identities
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 30 (IPS) – I was born in the winter in 1990 in a country not my own i was born...
Here’s why humans chose particular groups of stars as constellations
The Big Dipper’s stars make up a conspicuous landmark in the sky of the Northern Hemisphere. Even novice stargazers can easily pick out the...
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 29 (IPS) – Nuhara Syeda is with HarvestPlus, which is part of the CGIAR* Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and...
Arab Region Counts Cost of Devastating COVID-19 Pandemic
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Mar 29 (IPS) – More than eight million people moved onto the poverty line in the Arab region, a conference of...
Why Rehabilitation is as Vital as Rescue for Child Trafficking Survivors
SYDNEY, Australia, Mar 29 (IPS) – Twelve-year-old Babloo’s (Name changed) parents, who worked as daily wage agricultural labourers in the eastern Indian state of...
How kelp forests off California are responding to an urchin takeover
Joshua Smith has been diving in kelp forests in Monterey Bay along the central coast of California since 2012. Back then, he says, things...
Parents in Western countries report the highest levels of burnout
The ongoing pandemic has hammered parents. For many, work shifted to home. Schools closed or went partially remote in many places. Grandparents at high...
NEW YORK, Mar 29 (IPS) – Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Juan Somavia, Jeffrey Sachs, Jose Antonio Ocampo and more than 100 high-level development experts...
A Look at Colombian Coffee Prices One Year on From the Stabilization Fund
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Mar 26 (IPS) – It’s been just over a year since the Colombian government launched its landmark price stabilization fund. With a...
MEXICO CITY, Mar 26 (IPS) – A compilation of testimonies collected by Blanca Velázquez Díaz and published by the Ebert Foundation (available at: http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/mexiko/17328.pdf)...
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