Rohingya Children Find Refuge in Education
DHAKA, Apr 09 (IPS) – Although learning centres in Cox’s Bazar Kutupalong Refugee Camp are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mariom Akhter, a...
Palestinians are Suffering from Hunger, Poverty, Conflict & a Global Pandemic
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) – The Trump administration’s decision to cut off assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) caused...
A record-breaking, oxygen-starved galaxy may be full of gigantic stars’ shrapnel
The most oxygen-poor star-forming galaxy ever found hints that the first galaxies to arise after the universe’s birth glittered with supermassive stars that left...
In the Secretive World of Government-to-Government Lending, 100 Chinese Debt Contracts Offer a Trove of New Information
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 09 (IPS) – Is Chinese financing good for developing countries? This has become a provocative question, freighted with ideology, geopolitics, and...
The UN and partners are “following with deep concern” new reports of violations against civilians in northern Mozambique, the UN Spokesperson said on Thursday. ...
The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals of the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the President of the crucial...
A UN-backed initiative aims to turn the tide on marine litter, in line with the global development goal on conserving and sustainably using the...
The “mere presence” of landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) can “stall development and shatter stability”, the UN chief told...
COVID-19 equitable vaccine scheme reaches more than 100 countries and economies
More than 100 countries and economies have now received COVID-19 vaccines through the UN-partnered equitable coronavirus-busting scheme, COVAX. Read the full story, “COVID-19 equitable...
Clash of Cultures Is it Real or a Smokescreen?
AMSTERDAM/ROME, Apr 08 (IPS) – The notion of “Clash of Cultures” is most frequently used as a justification for anti-immigrant prejudice and, particularly in...
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