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Population Age Structures of Countries
As rescue efforts continue in Nepal, humanitarians are focused on how the recent deadly flash floods have impacted women and girls, as well as...
The universe may have been building rocky planets almost from the start
Simulations suggest rocky planet building blocks could have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang.
Pakhshan Azizi’s Letter from Evin Prison
TEHRAN, September 1 (IPS) – Writing from the women’s ward of Evin Prison on 10 June 2026, Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi, who remains...
JOHANNESBURG, September 1 (IPS) – In 2024, Kurdish social worker Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death. She remains incarcerated in Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran....
Population Age Structures of Countries
PORTLAND, USA, September 1 (IPS) – The age structures of populations vary considerably across countries. Some countries have relatively young populations, with large proportions...
Dark matter hunters may have finally spotted a hint of the particles
Shadowy dark matter has eluded scientists for decades. The LZ experiment may have spotted one particle, called a WIMP, but more data is needed...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia, September 1 (IPS) – The US dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency has been eroding gradually for decades. However, various US...
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Deadly Flash Floods in Nepal Kill Hundreds and Leave Over 4,200 Missing
UNITED NATIONS, September 1 (IPS) – On the morning of August 26, an unprecedented series of flash floods struck Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous...
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He was born without arms, a legacy of four decades of nuclear explosions at the Semipalatinsk test site in his native Kazakhstan. Read the...
Pakhshan Azizi’s Letter from Evin Prison