Rushdie Joins 102 International Writers to Demand Freedom of Expression in India
Lucknow, Aug 17 (IPS) – On the eve of India’s 76th Independence Day, the president of the country, Droupadi Murmu, received a letter signed...
Protons contain intrinsic charm quarks, a new study suggests
Protons may be intrinsically charming. The subatomic particles are a mash-up of three lighter particles called quarks: two of the type known as up...
Two new books show how sexism still pervades astronomy
A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young WomanLindy Elkins-TantonWilliam Morrow, $29.99 Becoming an astronomer might seem straightforward. An awe of the night sky...
First Person: ‘We are the hope, we are the power keeping Afghanistan together’
Mahbouba Sera, one of the world’s most prominent women’s rights activists, chose to stay in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, to...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 17 (IPS) – Global Public Investment. A short and simple phrase. But one that means so much. At its most...
Rohingya refugees share concerns with UN rights commissioner during visit to Cox’s Bazar
During her first official visit to Bangladesh, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, met with a host of officials, civil society...
Ten distinguished persons hailing from all regions of the globe have been appointed to serve on the Secretary-General’s inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership...
WFP: First Ukrainian humanitarian grain shipment leaves for Horn of Africa
The first vessel transporting Ukrainian wheat grain to support humanitarian operations run by the World Food Programme (WFP) has left the port of Yuzhny,...
First Person: ‘I realized Afghan women were still fighting. And I chose to be one of them’
Nasima*, 36, is a peacebuilder and a women’s rights activist in Afghanistan. After the Taliban regained effective control of the country a year ago,...
UN HIV/AIDS advocate and ‘proud champion’ of women dies at 92
Nafis Sadik, who died on Monday at the age 92 was the first woman to ever head one of the UN’s major voluntarily funded programmes...
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