Farwiza Farhan’s Fight To Save Tropical Hotspot of Indonesia – the Leuser
KUALA LUMPUR, October 28 (IPS) – Forty-year-old Farwiza Farhan’s eyes light up instantly when she talks about the Leuser Ecosystem – a national strategic...
Fifty Years at the Table: What Small Nations Need from the Next UN Secretary-General
VICTORIA, Seychelles, October 28 (IPS) – On 21 September 1976, less than three months after independence, Seychelles took its seat in the General Assembly...
The World Is Watching Norway. Will the Country Protect Antarctica?
OSLO, Norway, October 28 (IPS) – A global boycott of Antarctic krill products is gathering support. As a Norwegian, I want my country –...
We Cannot Afford to Manage Chemicals One at a Time
GENEVA, October 28 (IPS) – Governments today face an extraordinarily difficult set of tasks: cutting emissions, protecting nature, reducing pollution, creating jobs, strengthening economies,...
World News in Brief: ‘No safe place in Ukraine’, IAEA calls for Iran nuclear inspections, Kenya hosts thousands of Ethiopians fleeing clashes
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged continued international support for Ukraine’s population as Russian airstrikes intensify and humanitarian needs grow in advance...
How brain implants turn thoughts into speech
New brain-computer interfaces turn attempted speech into words and can speak them in a voice resembling the user’s own.
Kenya: 20 Ebola contacts released from quarantine
Twenty people associated with Kenya’s first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease have been reunited with their families after being released from quarantine following...
Record carbon dioxide levels will impact us for centuries, says UN weather agency
Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels reached record highs in 2025, locking...
Roller coaster safety is a matter of science
Guidelines for designing coasters don’t reflect the latest science about what types of movement the brain can withstand.
After the dinosaurs died, the massive ‘D. rex’ fungus ruled the woods
Farmers in Yunnan Province, China, alerted researchers to the humongous fungus. Dianjunus rex’s mushrooms stand at half a meter tall.
Air raid alerts and attacks on schools: the devastating face of education in Ukraine 
Gender equality pays off for business – so why are companies pulling back? 
Reviewing the UN Charter: Diplomatic Groundwork Should Begin 
How hawkmoths turned their genitals into bat-busting weapons