Myanmar Coup Sends Chilling Message that Military wont Tolerate Dissent
BONN, Germany, Feb 01 (IPS) – Responding to reports this morning that Myanmar’s military has sized control of government in a coup on the...
GENEVA, Feb 01 (IPS) – Isabel Garcia-Gill is a journalist who has worked for daily newspapers, radio broadcasts and weekly magazines in Geneva (Switzerland)...
A Grey Cloud Over Lebanon: Mental Health Burdens
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb 01 (IPS) – Humankind is no stranger to the destabilizing events of 2020. The state of the global economy and the...
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 01 (IPS) – A decade has passed since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war between the government and the...
Making Seawater Potable in Mexico Has High Costs and Environmental Impacts
MEXICO CITY, Jan 31 (IPS) – Mexico is seeking to mitigate water shortages in part of its extensive territory by resorting to seawater, through...
How COVID-19 Adds to the Challenges of Leprosy-affected People
HYDERABAD, Jan 29 (IPS) – Lilibeth Evarestus of Lagos, Nigeria doesn’t like the concept of handouts — she is against the idea of thinking...
Internationally COVID-19 Extracted a Heavy Toll on Older People
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jan 29 (IPS) – Internationally COVID-19 extracted a heavy toll on older people – raising concerns in the Asia Pacific region...
50 years ago, scientists made the case for a landlubbing Brontosaurus
Swamp-dweller or landlubber? – Science News, January 30, 1971 Through the years paleontologists have evolved a picture of the appearance and habits of various...
Lizard-like tuatara carry two distinct mitochondrial genomes
The lizard-like tuatara already was an oddball. Its superpowers include a century-long lifespan, resistance to many diseases and a unique tolerance (for a reptile)...
Despite Petitions and Mounting Pressure, Namibia Government Proceeds with Sale of 3% of Country’s Last Elephants
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (IPS) – The country’s Environment Ministry is defending the January 29 auction as a conservation strategy, but conservations say the...
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