A spike in Arctic lightning strikes may be linked to climate change
Climate change may be sparking more lightning in the Arctic. Data from a worldwide network of lightning sensors suggest that the frequency of lightning...
Disability Discrimination at the World Bank: Is it Immunity or Impunity?
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 06 (IPS) – The 15,900-strong World Bank, which has funded over 12,000 development projects worldwide since 1947, is an international institution...
The COVID crisis “has revealed how unequal our societies are” said the UN chief in his message for World Health Day released on Monday....
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 06 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take an unprecedented human and economic toll, wiping away years of...
United Nations agencies in Timor-Leste are supporting response efforts, as floods and landslides left widespread damage across the country, including in the capital, Dili....
Fifty-eight women and children of more than 600 who were abducted last year during vicious intercommunal fighting in South Sudan, have been reunited with their...
Mexico Looks to the Heavens for a Solution to Its Water Crisis
MEXICO CITY, Apr 05 (IPS) – In neighbourhoods like Tehuixtitla in southern Mexico City, rain brings joy, because it provides water for showering, washing...
New depictions of ancient hominids aim to overcome artistic biases
Depictions of extinct human ancestors and cousins are often more art than science. Take, for example, two reconstructions of the Taung child, a 2.8-million-year-old...
Newly made laser-cooled antimatter could test foundations of modern physics
For the first time, physicists have used lasers to deep-freeze antimatter. In a new experiment, an ultraviolet laser quelled the thermal jitters of antihydrogen...
Thousands of people in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado are on the move in search of safety, as the security situation remains volatile,...
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