Around 200,000 cargo ship crew members are stranded at sea, beyond the length of their contracts due to COVID-19 restrictions, placing a major strain...
The United Nations paused on Thursday to honour 336 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2020: the highest number...
How West African Leaders Can Tackle Youth and Gender Inequities
May 06 (IPS) – Recently, both Republics of Benin and Chad held their 2021 national elections. These countries are among thirteen countries on the continent billed...
20 Million More People Face Food Crises, As Acute Hunger Rates Rise to a 5-Year High
UNITED NATIONS, May 06 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic, protracted conflicts and climate change have created an untenable situation for the most vulnerable, with...
Saturn has a fuzzy core, spread over more than half the planet’s diameter
One of Saturn’s rings has revealed properties of its core, hidden deep beneath the planet’s golden atmosphere. That core isn’t the lump of rock...
How to detect, resist and counter the flood of fake news
From lies about election fraud to QAnon conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine falsehoods, misinformation is racing through our democracy. And it is dangerous. Awash in...
FROM THE FIELD: Uganda conflict survivor helps communities find ‘ways forward’
A Ugandan man who avoided being drawn into a decades’ long conflict as a child soldier, is dedicating his adult life to healing communities...
High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements Significantly Reduce ICU Admissions & COVID-19 Deaths
NEW JERSEY, USA, May 06 (IPS) – The writer* is Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Nutrition, Director CardioMetabolic Institute, USAThere is considerable evidence that...
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the commitment announced by the United States administration to lift vaccine patent protections...
Early-warning ‘pandemic hub’ plan unveiled by WHO’s Tedros and Germany’s Merkel
An international hub for pandemic control is to open in Berlin to ensure better preparedness and transparency in the fight against likely future global...
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 
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