Human rights violations committed by mercenaries and private security companies create grave challenges for victims seeking justice and redress, UN-appointed independent human rights experts warned...
The UN chief on Tuesday strongly condemned attacks by Government troops in Myanmar on a northern rebel stronghold which targeted a school, leaving at least...
President Emmanuel Macron of France on Tuesday called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a return to “imperialism” and said that those who remained silent or...
UN Agencies Call to Commit to Transforming Education in Crises
United Nations, Sep 20 (IPS) – Refugee youth advocate, Mary Maker, called on UN member states to honor their commitments to transform education from...
Drumming woodpeckers use similar brain regions as songbirds
Songbirds get a lot of love for their dulcet tones, but drummers may start to steal some of that spotlight. Woodpeckers, which don’t sing...
Pakistan floods: Six month wait for water to recede, warn relief agencies
Millions of people in Pakistan are still deeply affected by catastrophic flooding which “is not going anywhere”, UN relief agencies said on Tuesday. Read...
With people from all points of the globe crying out for relief and hope, international action on major challenges – from climate to conflict...
Why Are Politicians Able to Read – and Understand – Some Texts and Not Others?
MADRID, Sep 20 (IPS) – Day after day, the world’s scientific community, based on solid investigations, elaborates dozens of studies identifying the causes of...
Fossil finds put gibbons in Asia as early as 8 million years ago
Small-bodied, long-armed apes called gibbons swing rapidly through the trees, far outpacing scientists’ attempts to decipher these creatures’ evolutionary story. Now, a partial upper...
Inflation Targeting Farce: High Costs, Moot Benefits
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 20 (IPS) – Policymakers have become obsessed with achieving low inflation. Many central banks adopt inflation targeting (IT) monetary...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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