the Rich Prevail Over the Poor — Global Issues

the Rich Prevail Over the Poor — Global Issues

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by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, June 20, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) – The 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO) has implicitly rubber-stamped a widely-condemned policy of “vaccine apartheid” which has discriminated the world’s poorer nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, depriving them of any wide-ranging intellectual…

Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm — Global Issues

Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm — Global Issues

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Impossible choices Hamstrung by funding constraints, WFP is having to prioritize assistance to ensure that vital food reaches the most vulnerable families first – often leaving refugees without support at a time where food assistance is the difference between life and death. As WFP is forced to institute ration reductions…

Colombia picks 1st leftist president in tight runoff contest

Colombia picks 1st leftist president in tight runoff contest

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Placeholder while article actions load BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia will be governed by a leftist president for the first time after former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly defeated a real estate millionaire in a runoff election that underscored people’s disgust with the country’s traditional politicians. Petro’s third attempt to win the…

Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm — Global Issues

Latest attack against UN peacekeepers leaves Guinean ‘blue helmet’ dead — Global Issues

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The Guinean peacekeeper was killed by an improvised explosive device, which detonated during a UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) mine detection operation. “The Secretary-General conveys his heartfelt condolences to the family of the victim and his brothers in arms, as well as to the people and authorities of Guinea,”…

Colombia elections: Gustavo Petro defeats Rodolfo Hernández for president

Colombia elections: Gustavo Petro defeats Rodolfo Hernández for president

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Placeholder while article actions load BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Gustavo Petro, a former rebel who rallied young and poor voters with promises to transform an unequal society, was elected Colombia’s first leftist president on Sunday, in a resounding rejection of the political establishment that has ruled the South American nation for…

Reports: Paul Haggis detained in Italy in sex assault case

Reports: Paul Haggis detained in Italy in sex assault case

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Placeholder while article actions load ROME — Film director Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy, Italian news media said, quoting local prosecutors. The Canadian-born, Oscar-winning Haggis, 69, has been in Italy for a film festival that begins…

Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm — Global Issues

Guterres visits refugees resettled in NYC, urges world to ‘stand together in solidarity’ — Global Issues

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“Like millions of refugees worldwide, they are helping bring new life, prosperity and rich diversity to their host communities. We must continue supporting them,” the UN chief said on Twitter following the visit. Ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay, I visited refugees from Iraq & Afghanistan currently living in New York. Like millions…