Almost half of women in some 57 countries do not have the power to make choices over their healthcare, contraception, or sex lives, a...
COVID-19 Teaches Us to Better Manage Global Systemic Risks
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) – The writer is UN Under Secretary-General for Economic & Social AffairsMillions of lives lost. Trillions of dollars in...
The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, said on Tuesday that it will work closely with Japan which is preparing to release a million tonnes of contaminated...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have called for countries to suspend sales of live wild mammals in traditional food markets, also known...
The rights of refugees and asylum seekers who have fled Burundi for Tanzania must be respected, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council...
The UN together with Turkey, and Qatar, announced on Tuesday that a high-level conference aimed at ending decades of conflict in Afghanistan will go ahead beginning...
Faced with alarming and extended closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s museums are of “fundamental importance” to reviving cultural life and preserving...
Recent elections in Kosovo reflected a strong desire for change, the head of the UN mission there, UNMIK, said in his virtual briefing to...
U.S. pauses J&J vaccine rollout after 6 people of 6.8 million get rare blood clots
Federal health officials in the United States are pressing pause on administering Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine following rare reports of blood clots in...
Surprisingly, humans recognize joyful screams faster than fearful screams
Screams of joy appear to be easier for our brains to comprehend than screams of fear, a new study suggests. The results add a...
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