Unless leaders act promptly, climate change and environmental degradation will only worsen and cause greater global problems, scientists warn. Crustmania/CC by 2.0 NEW YORK, Dec 23 2011 (IPS) – When …
ATHENS, Feb 16 2012 (IPS) – According to European mainstream economists and politicians, the solution to the Greek debt crisis, and the only option for returning the country to a …
Andrew Green* JUBA, Mar 24 2012 (IPS) – Martha Borete Angela s gaze sinks to the ground as she admits neither of her two children was delivered by a midwife …
WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS, May 3 2012 (IPS) – Fifteen million babies, or more than one in 10 infants, are born prematurely each year. Over one million die soon after birth, or …
“Help us find them” reads a sign with photos of victims of forced disappearance, put up by their families. Credit: Daniela Pastrana/IPS MEXICO CITY, Jun 7 2012 (IPS) – Since …
Hudiara drain winds through thick foliage of shrubs and trees, in the border village of Burki. Credit: Irfan Ahmed/IPS LAHORE, Jul 25 2012 (IPS) – At a time when spiraling …
WASHINGTON, Sep 13 2012 (IPS) – Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, the former commander of NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan, denied to a U.S. Congressional panel Wednesday that he had …
Julia Kallas interviews MOZHGAN SAVABIEASFAHANI, an Environmental Toxicologist at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health UNITED NATIONS, Oct 26 2012 (IPS) – A new study confirms what many …
A team from Kawempe Home Care visits Barbara Namirimu, one of their patients, at her home in Kampala, Uganda. Credit: Andrew Green/IPS WASHINGTON, Nov 29 2012 (IPS) – At perhaps …
Various strains of medical marijuana. Credit: scpr.kpcc/cc by 2.0 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 30 2013 (IPS) – Since the U.S. states of Colorado and Washington fully legalised marijuana via ballot initiatives …