Without decisive action by the international community, the digital divide will become “the new face of inequality”, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned the...
The thickness of lead’s neutron ‘skin’ has been precisely measured
Some atomic nuclei are thin-skinned — they’re surrounded by a slim shell of neutrons. Physicists now know how thick that neutron skin is for...
In spite of the challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Abyei with other agencies, continue to provide vital...
United Nations independent human rights experts on Tuesday voiced serious concerns over recent appointment of new members to Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission, which...
UN chief ‘realistic’ at start of fresh bid to resolve Cyprus stalemate
A fresh United Nations-led bid to seek to resolve decades of tensions in Cyprus began in Geneva on Tuesday, with Secretary-General António Guterres “realistic” about the...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Apr 27 (IPS) – May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. This feature is part of a series highlighting the current...
SANTIAGO, Apr 27 (IPS) – Standing on Punta Ventanilla, Carlos Vegas, 65, looks across at the industrial park which has been there most of...
COVID-19 can affect the brain. New clues hint at how
For more than a year now, scientists have been racing to understand how the mysterious new virus that causes COVID-19 damages not only our...
Transparency Offers Pathway to a More Sustainable Earth
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Apr 27 (IPS) – Last week, the world marked Earth Day – an opportunity to put the spotlight on the pressing...
The rights of indigenous people to make decisions about their cultural heritage and traditional way of life is being recognized in a United Nations...
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