The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented public health, economic and social crises, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions and exacerbating inequalities throughout the world, the...
A trek under Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf reveals specific risks of warm water
The under-ice trek of an autonomous underwater vehicle is giving scientists their first direct evidence for how and where warm ocean waters are threatening...
Rohingya Children Find Refuge in Education
DHAKA, Apr 09 (IPS) – Although learning centres in Cox’s Bazar Kutupalong Refugee Camp are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mariom Akhter, a...
Palestinians are Suffering from Hunger, Poverty, Conflict & a Global Pandemic
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) – The Trump administration’s decision to cut off assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) caused...
A record-breaking, oxygen-starved galaxy may be full of gigantic stars’ shrapnel
The most oxygen-poor star-forming galaxy ever found hints that the first galaxies to arise after the universe’s birth glittered with supermassive stars that left...
In the Secretive World of Government-to-Government Lending, 100 Chinese Debt Contracts Offer a Trove of New Information
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 09 (IPS) – Is Chinese financing good for developing countries? This has become a provocative question, freighted with ideology, geopolitics, and...
The UN and partners are “following with deep concern” new reports of violations against civilians in northern Mozambique, the UN Spokesperson said on Thursday. ...
The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals of the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the President of the crucial...
A UN-backed initiative aims to turn the tide on marine litter, in line with the global development goal on conserving and sustainably using the...
The “mere presence” of landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) can “stall development and shatter stability”, the UN chief told...
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