It is common for truck drivers to make serious mistakes on highways that end up causing problems for other drivers nearby. If someone is hurt due to these mistakes, the driver and the trucking company may be named in a civil lawsuit that attempts to make them pay for their actions. The Idaho State Police … Continue reading Boise Idaho area semi driver causes a four vehicle accident Continue Reading
Texas A&M University’s Kim Renee Dunbar is an award-winning chemist who has unveiled critical research in inorganic chemistry for decades. Here, she comments on her university’s recent research into inorganic materials for brain-like computing. Kim Renee Dunbar has won awards from the American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, Texas A&M University and many other … Continue reading Kim Renee Dunbar Comments on Texas A&M’s Research of Inorganic Materials for Brain-like Computing Continue Reading
By Busani Bafana Leading scientist and director general of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), NTERANYA SANGINGA, speaks to IPS correspondent Busani Bafana about how the institute is leveraging its successful research to push for greater investment in agricultural research. IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga told IPS that Africa should build capacity to … Continue reading Q&A: Africa Must Innovate its Food Systems in Order to Beat Hunger and Poverty Continue Reading
By Ignatius Banda Nearly half of Zimbabwe’s population — some 8 million people — face food insecurity. Yet in food and vegetable markets across the country wastage is high as piles of once-nutritious vegetables rot. Vegetable vendors in Zimbabwe. While the country is experiencing massive food shortages, many vendors say they are forced to … Continue reading Vegetables Rot in Food Markets across Zimbabwe While Half the Population Faces Food Insecurity Continue Reading
By Nayema Nusrat Credit: Women Deliver NEW YORK, Feb 15 2020 (IPS) – In a recent report by World Economic Forum (WEF) shows women suffer a “triple whammy” in the workplace. Without drastic action, gender parity will take more than a lifetime to achieve. This is the challenge that Katja Iversen, President and … Continue reading Coming Down the Davos Mountain with a Gender Lens Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18 2020 (IPS) – When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the 193-member General Assembly last December, he focused on the smoldering climate crisis– pointing out that the last five years have been the hottest ever recorded. Ice caps are melting, he said, In Greenland alone, 179 billion … Continue reading As Planet Burns, One Million Species in World’s Eco-System in Danger of Extinction Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen Credit: IPBES UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 2020 (IPS) – The UN’s highly-touted socio-economic agenda, which lays out an ambitious global plan for “people, planet and prosperity”, has been dominated by “goals, targets and deadlines.” But regrettably, most developing nations are struggling to reach these goals—due largely to a shortfall in … Continue reading A Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Aims at Reinforcing Efforts to Save World’s Ecosystem Continue Reading
By Michelle Chifamba While there are a large number of instances of child smuggling and trafficking across Zimbabwe’s porous borders, these cases still remain unknown and unreported because of the nature of the crime. A large number of children are regularly transported across Zimbabwe’s borders by women who are not their mothers. Credit: Michelle Chifamba/IPS HARARE, … Continue reading Zimbabwe’s Thin Line between Child Smuggling and Child Trafficking Continue Reading
By Stella Paul India’s Jampui Hills – a picturesque hill station in the north eastern province — has been know for decades as the Orange Bowl. But a changing climate has led farmers on a search for sustainable agriculture. Hillol Datta – a tourist from Kolkata is disappointed after he failed to see any … Continue reading India’s Orange Farmers Search for Sustainable Agriculture Continue Reading
By N Chandra Mohan Members of the Alliance for Food Health, a collective of organisations and academics, called in Mexico for better regulation of advertising of junk food aimed at children and of food and beverage labelling, during the launch of the report “A childhood hooked on obesity” in Mexico City. Credit: Emilio … Continue reading Mexico’s Battle with Obesity Continue Reading