The United Nations Secretary-General has called on the international community to recommit to the target of a mine-free world, urging efforts to “make this...
A deadly attack on Friday against peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has been condemned in the strongest terms by the...
Dumsile Mavuso, the founder and head of Eswatini’s first national association for people with diabetes, is now bringing her knowledge and experience to fight...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the decision by the United States to lift sanctions and visa restrictions against officials with the International Criminal...
Thanks to the bravery and hard work of deminers such as Fezeh Rezaye, the Afghan province of Bamyan has been declared free from mines....
The aim of the UN-backed COVAX scheme is to get two billion vaccine doses into the arms of around a quarter of the population...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 02 (IPS) – Last year, Jaxine Scott was off work as a caregiver at a primary school as a result of...
Three Ways the US Can Promote Equity in Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Globally
ABUJA, Apr 02 (IPS) – As richer western nations continue hoarding COVID-19 vaccines to the detriment of poorer nations, there is some light on...
Microscopic images reveal the science and beauty of face masks
Studying fabrics at very high magnification helps determine how some face masks filter out particles better than others. And the close-ups reveal an unseen...
We’ve covered science for 100 years. Here’s how it has — and hasn’t — changed
A century ago, people needed help to understand science. Much as they do today. Then as now, it wasn’t always easy to sort the...
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