PHILADELPHIA, US, Mar 03 (IPS) – In the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, at a certain hour of the evening, people in cities...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 03 (IPS) – Marcela Loaiza was just 21 years old when a man approached her at her workplace in Pereira City,...
Myanmar: Protestors Plea for International Help as Analysts Fear Full Military Might
BANGKOK, Mar 02 (IPS) – Myanmar activists have called on the international community for help as security forces loyal to the military continue their...
International Women’s Day, 2021 – The Problem of the Respectable International Women’s Day – an Appeal for Good Trouble
NAIROBI / ROME, Mar 03 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day March 8.The...
CANBERRA, Australia, Mar 03 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic (henceforth pandemic) has women particularly hard. In almost all countries, women constitute the bulk of...
Demographic Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic: An Overview
NEW YORK, Mar 02 (IPS) – The demographic impact of the coronavirus one year after being declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020 has...
What Role Can South-South Cooperation Play in Post COVID-19 Recovery?
BEIJING, Mar 02 (IPS) – Five years ago, at the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations, world leaders adopted the ambitious...
‘Green’ burials are slowly gaining ground among environmentalists
Despite “green” burials becoming increasingly available in North America, some older eco-conscious adults remain unaware of the option when planning for their deaths, a...
Black hole visionaries push the boundaries of knowledge in a new film
Black holes sit on the cusp of the unknowable. Anything that crosses a black hole’s threshold is lost forever, trapped by an extreme gravitational...
Predatory octopuses were drilling into clamshells at least 75 million years ago
Tiny holes in three fossil clams reveal that by 75 million years ago, ancient octopuses were deviously drilling into their prey. The find pushes...
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