Days of tribal clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur have left scores dead and thousands fleeing their homes, the UN envoy to the country said...
Cathedral of the Green Revolution Jos頇raziano da Silva on UN Food Systems Summit
CAMBRIDGE MA, Apr 06 (IPS) – With climate change contributing to five consecutive years of rising levels f “undernourishment,” according to FAO estimates, the...
CAMBRIDGE MA, Apr 06 (IPS) – The battle for the future of food has grown contentious, and José Graziano da Silva has become a...
Yawning helps lions synchronize their groups’ movements
Watch a group of lions yawn, and it may seem like nothing more than big, lazy cats acting sleepy, but new research suggests that...
The United Nations Secretary-General on Tuesday urged everyone involved in the sport sector to help advance climate action, combat discrimination and prejudice, and ensure that...
Clarity still needed on effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine passports, says UN health agency
Being vaccinated against COVID-19 may not prevent transmission and vaccination passports may not be an “effective strategy” for restarting travel, the World Health Organization...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 06 (IPS) – Girls in Asia don’t want to go back to normal – they want to go “back to...
Women and Girls to the Front
BEIJING, Apr 06 (IPS) – Women hold up half the sky. Some years ago, Sarah al-Amiri, a young Emirati engineer, had a fixed gaze...
A Healthy Indian Ocean Feeds, Protects, and Connects all South Asians
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 06 (IPS) – It is the oceans that engendered life. The lives of humans remain connected to the seas, making...
‘Pipe Dreams’ flushes out hope in an unexpected place: the toilet
Pipe DreamsChelsea WaldAvid Reader Press, $27 Everyone poops. But not everyone has a safe, sanitary place to do it. What’s more, existing wastewater treatments...
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