Latin American Electric Utilities COVID-accelerated Evolution
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 17 (IPS) – Andrés Chambouleyron is Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of the Americas and Managing Director at Berkeley Research GroupThe...
344 kidnapped Nigerian boys freed, says state official
Hundreds of schoolboys who were abducted last week in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, according to a state official.
Putin says if Russia wanted to kill Navalny, it would have ‘finished’ the job
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Thursday that opposition politician Alexey Navalny “is enjoying the support of the US special services,” adding that if Russian...
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Top 10 deadliest natural disasters in history
Here are the world’s most deadliest earthquakes, cyclones and floods.
Kashmir’s New Land Laws Could Impact Biodiversity
SRINAGAR, India, Dec 17 (IPS) – Walking in the middle of fields of delicately-scented purple saffron crocus flowers, 36-year-old Mubeen Yasin, a saffron farmer...
THE HAGUE, Dec 17 (IPS) – When it comes to international environmental diplomacy, America has a chequered past. It stood at the forefront of...
Ötzi the Iceman may have scaled ice-free Alps
Many Alpine summits may have been ice-free before about 5,900 years ago.
It was a kidnapping as brazen as it was unexpected.
Huge methane cache beneath Arctic could be unlocked by the moon
The moon’s tides affect how much methane is released from seafloor sediments and the implications are huge.
Nairobi Biodiversity Talks Set the Stage for Key COP17 Decisions 
Indigenous Peoples Call for Meaningful Influence in Climate Discussions — Nia Tero 
What Spider-Man gets right — and wrong — about turning off superpowers 
Yemen: Türk alarmed by rising civilian toll, urges restraint