Yemen – Worst Famine World has Seen in Decades Predicted
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (IPS) – Yemen is heading towards the worst famine the world has seen in decades, the United Nations Security Council...
BHUBANESWAR, India, Feb 19 (IPS) – “Our war on nature has left the planet broken. This is senseless and suicidal. The consequences of our...
Color-coded radar maps reveal a patchwork of California wildfire destruction
Each year in California, thousands of wildfires ravage hundreds of thousands of hectares of land. Deciphering how well large swaths of vegetation recover over...
Money vs. Happiness
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 19 (IPS) – Subjective wellbeing and income are intricately linkedThe question whether the rich are more satisfied with their lives...
Overcoming the Learning Divide: Assessing What Students Missed During School Closings for COVID-19
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 19 (IPS) – School closings and the varied impacts of remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic are a global challenge. Educators...
Switzerland Buys itself Good Sustainability Scores at the Expense of Other Countries
GENEVA, Feb 19 (IPS) – Carole Küng is Co-Director of the Biovision-affiliated network Sustainable Development Solution Network Switzerland (SDSN). The network mobilises research institutes,...
Q&A: Tigray – the Fighting will Continue & Exacerbate Civilian Suffering
BONN, Germany, Feb 19 (IPS) – While Ethiopia’s federal government may have administrative control of the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle, and other main cities in...
A magnetic field reversal 42,000 years ago may have contributed to mass extinctions
A flip-flop of Earth’s magnetic poles between 42,000 and 41,000 years ago briefly but dramatically shrank the magnetic field’s strength — and may have...
The first black hole ever discovered is more massive than previously thought
The first black hole ever discovered still has a few surprises in store. New observations of the black hole–star pair called Cygnus X-1 indicate...
Elections in Catalonia: What Now?
MIAMI, Feb 18 (IPS) – The recent result of the elections for the Parliament of Catalonia has presented a mixture of repetition of certain...
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