Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Jan 9 2007 (IPS) – The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, where the ozone thins out every southern hemisphere springtime, is recovering for the time being, but all regions in Chile will receive extremely high…
Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Oct 21 2006 (IPS) – This winter, Vietnam is well prepared for the bird flu virus which is believed to spread faster under cooler weather conditions. A year ago we were talking about Vietnam in quite concerned…
Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Dec 20 2007 (IPS) – Racing to adjourn for the year, the U.S. Congress this week approved a 560- billion-dollar omnibus 2008 appropriation that includes 70 billion dollars more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and…
Fortunata Palomino is an experienced community organizer from Carabayllo and general coordinator of the Network of Soup Kitchens of Metropolitan Lima, which includes 2,247 soup kitchens. She is critical of the neglect by the authorities and hopes that women will…
According to the 2021 World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report, extreme events have worsened the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Region, especially for the small island states of the…
A public awareness banner about tuberculosis on a fence in the Hope Fountain area, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS BULAWAYO, Jul 3 2023 (IPS) – The United Nations General Assembly is convening a high-level meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) to get…
Credit: Oritro Karim NEW YORK, Jul 12 2024 (IPS) – Contrary to popular belief, artificial intelligence has been a cornerstone of technological progress for much longer than the past few years. Computer scientist Alan Turing brought forth the concept of…