Since 2000, the United Nations (UN) recognizes May 22 as the International Day for Biological Diversity, in hopes of ...

As the United States lurches toward isolationism and authoritarianism, its political problems are now bleeding into ...

When pioneering agronomist and father of the “Green Revolution” Norman Borlaug set out to breed a disease-resistant, ...

When US President Donald Trump offered to declare neighboring Canada as America’s 51st state, the Canadians vehemently rejected the proposal. “We don’t want to be part of America,” was the rallying ...

Women in fishing communities on Malawi's lakeshore are frequently targets of sexual exploitation for fish, a practice ...

Dr Himanshu Pathak is Director General of The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) ...

While #MeToo exposed abuse in secular spaces, #ChurchToo was distinct because it confronted the deep moral and spiritual betrayal that occurs when abuse happens within faith communities ...

Statement by Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif on the need for life-saving education in Gaza ...

In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that upended humanitarian efforts globally, leaving millions of ...

As delegates prepare for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, momentum is building around ocean ...

Dr Palitha Kohona is former Head, UN Treaties, a one-time Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN & until recently, Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.

Political instability and conflicts in the Great Lakes, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan have led to massive ...