A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region...
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, the latest stage in their efforts to...
Onset of northern winter could see spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths
Although COVID-19 deaths have decreased across the world, numbers could rise as northern countries head into winter, senior officials from UN health agency WHO...
Sri Lanka: WFP helps alleviate stress of pregnancy amidst skyrocketing food prices
The queue of women grows steadily outside a government clinic in Kuppiyawatta, in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. In just over half an hour...
Latin America Looks to COP27: The Time to See Ourselves Only as Climate Victims is Over
MÉXICO, Aug 31 (IPS) – Latin America is already one of the world’s regions hit hardest by the impacts of climate change. Extreme weather...
By suspending former Catalan government and parliament members from public duties prior to them being convicted, following the independence referendum back in 2017, Spain...
Major health risks are unfolding in Pakistan as unprecedented flooding continues, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, warning of the threat of...
Africa Should Trade its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy – Expert
Bulawayo, Aug 31 (IPS) – Africa needs to trade in carbon credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, finance the transition to renewable energy, and...
Ancient ‘demon ducks’ may have been undone by their slow growth
Giant flightless birds called mihirungs were the biggest birds to ever stride across what is now Australia. The animals, which weighed up to hundreds...
Physicists dispute a claim of detecting a black hole’s ‘photon ring’
The first image of a black hole may conceal treasure — but physicists disagree about whether it’s been found. A team of scientists say...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now