A summit involving leaders of Somalia’s political factions is underway in Mogadishu, a welcome relief after months of escalating tension, the senior UN official in...
The international legal framework and tools are all there to protect civilians caught up in conflict, and now it’s time for governments and armed...
NEW DELHI, India, May 25 (IPS) – In 2016, when Bosnian-American professional basketball player, Indira Kaljo got in touch with Asma Elbadawi because she...
Conserving Tigers, Elephants and Bison, One LPG Stove at a Time
HYDERABAD, India, Apr 1 2021 (IPS) – As the sun sets over the canopy of Albizia amara trees, a thin blanket of fog begins...
Share gains from extracting precious raw materials more equitably, guard against pitfalls, cautions Guterres
Extracting minerals, metals and other valuable raw materials from the earth, represents a “crucial juncture” between resources, ecosystems and people, all of which have...
Playing brain training games regularly doesn’t boost brainpower
It’s an attractive idea: By playing online problem-solving, matching and other games for a few minutes a day, people can improve such mental abilities...
Indias Second COVID-19 Wave Shatters Livelihood Hopes of Poor Migrant Labourers
NEW DEHLI, May 25 (IPS) – Last month, in the midst of New Dehli’s coronavirus lockdown, 37- year-old labourer Prakash Kumar wanted to return...
A new memoir tells the life story of NASA ‘hidden figure’ Katherine Johnson
My Remarkable JourneyKatherine Johnson with Joylette Hylick and Katherine MooreAmistad, $25.99 Katherine Johnson became a household name circa 2016, when the bestselling book and...
The oldest known tattoo tools were found at an ancient Tennessee site
Ancient tattooing tools are tough to find or even recognize as implements for creating skin designs. But new microscopic studies of two turkey leg...
Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF report
Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the lives of millions of children around the world in...
Light is hard to block from every direction. This physicist found a way 
Egypt: Fact-checking site’s entire newsroom jailed as assault on press freedom widens 
Nearly 64,000 flee Nigeria for Niger where a humanitarian crisis is deepening 
Ebola: IOM urges wider surveillance beyond formal routes in DR Congo