Category Misc

What does ‘biodiversity’ mean and why is it important? In simple terms, biodiversity refers to all types of life on earth. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), describes it as “the diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems,…

Speaking in Geneva, Christian Lindmeier, spokesperson for the UN World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that Al-Khair Hospital was “one of the two hospitals that is now being raided”, while Nasser Hospital was “now basically besieged around the hospital and has…

Opinion by Liam O Connor – Francisco Martes Porto Macedo – Omar Siddiqu (bangkok, thailand) Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 23 (IPS) – Asia and the Pacific is home to 54 per cent of the world’s…

Young Rwandan citizen scientists record bird sounds in the forests in a project that plays a pivotal role in the country’s bird protection. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kotiang, rwanda) Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Inter Press Service KOTIANG, RWANDA, Jan…

Meanwhile, in New York, the Security Council met once again to discuss the war stemming from Russia’s invasion that will mark its bloody two-year anniversary next month. At least 27 civilians were reportedly killed and a further 25 injured in…

That’s according to Juliette Touma, Director of Communications for UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees, who spoke in depth to UN News’s Conor Lennon on Monday about her most recent visit to the Strip. The interview has been edited…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was addressing the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board when he said that “several outstanding issues” still needed to be resolved by governments and that time was “very short” to find consensus. “A failure to deliver the…

In 2022, more than one hundred countries and territories, representing two-thirds of world’s population, experienced fertility rates below the replacement level with many governments bemoaning the birthrate blues. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Monday, January 22, 2024 Inter…

A micro-needle patch (MAP) is an innovative method to deliver drugs and vaccines. Credit: QuadMedicine by Busani Bafana (seoul) Monday, January 22, 2024 Inter Press Service SEOUL, Jan 22 (IPS) – If the fear of sharps makes a visit to the…

Opinion by Saifullah Syed (rome) Monday, January 22, 2024 Inter Press Service ROME, Jan 22 (IPS) – The parliamentary elections held in Bangladesh on 7 January, 2024, has created much controversy in the country, terming it an “election of the Awami…