50 years ago, the United States wanted to deflate the helium stockpile
Helium: Should it be conserved? — Science News, April 17, 1971 To avoid some of the loss and provide a stockpile against future needs,...
World Moving Towards a Devastating Marriage of Artificial Intelligence & Weapons of War
STOCKHOLM, Apr 16 (IPS) – Landmines are among the most insidious and cruel weapons of all, because they do not distinguish between armed soldiers,...
BENIN CITY, Nigeria, Apr 16 (IPS) – In this video Sam Olukoya interviews a young woman who was trafficked from her home in Nigeria...
Eight Egyptian architects have been awarded the job of restoring the historic Al-Nouri Mosque complex in Mosul, Iraq, the UN cultural chief announced on...
Three independent UN human rights experts expressed deep regret on Thursday over Japan’s decision to discharge potentially still radioactive Fukushima nuclear plant water into...
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen appealed on Thursday for warring parties to implement a nationwide ceasefire and agree a date for peace talks,...
The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to “an even more unequal world”, the Deputy UN chief said on Thursday, speaking at the closing session of...
Neandertal DNA from cave mud shows two waves of migration across Eurasia
Neandertal DNA recovered from cave mud reveals that these ancient humans spread across Eurasia in two different waves. Analysis of genetic material from three...
Peoples Leader: A Dalit Woman Becomes The Voice of Farmers In India
NEW DELHI, India, Apr 15 (IPS) – On 12 January this year, somewhere in the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, 24 year old...
A lack of new treatments for common infections has left people dangerously exposed to the “world’s most dangerous bacteria”, the UN health agency said on Thursday. Read the full story, “Alert over shortage of new drugs...
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