Life

International collaboration on wheat rust can curb threat to global supplies – UN agency

Photo:Wheat experts examine a research plot near Izmir, Turkey, affected by wheat yellow rust.

Global food prices up in January; cereal prices keep rising despite improved supplies – UN

Photo:Farmers beat rice to release grains near the village of Kamangu, Democratic Republic of the

Low and middle income countries bear disproportionate burden of cervical cancer – UN agency

2 February 2017

Scientists Determine Precise 3-D Location and Identity of All 23,000 Atoms in a Nanoparticle

February 1, 2017

As new drought hits Ethiopia, UN urges support for Government's 'remarkable' efforts

Photo:In February 2016, villagers gather at the Ula Arba water point, in Ziway Dugda Woreda, Arsi

Stem cell secretions may protect against glaucoma

January 27, 2017

Mongolia: Lethal livestock plague now hitting endangered antelope, warns UN agency

Photo:Saiga ecology expert Steffen Zuther examines a dying female animal after 2015 die-off in Ka

UN food relief agency chief welcomes progress on anti-hunger programmes in north-east Nigeria

Photo:Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin (second left) at the

Honouring Holocaust victims, UN chief Guterres pledges to battle anti-Semitism, all forms of hatred

27 January 2017

UN-backed measles vaccination campaign to reach 4.7 million children in north-east Nigeria

Photo:A child is vaccinated during a measles campaign targeting 4.7 million children in Adamawa,