According to news reports, Russian airstrikes targeted the capital Kyiv for the third time in four days, following on from what Russian authorities said was an assassination attempt by drone strike, on President Vladimir Putin, earlier on Wednesday. Ukrainian authorities, who deny any involvement in the drone incident in Moscow,…
“I spent the night in fear, unable to go out of my house, as people were being killed everywhere,” she said, worrying about how she would protect her five-year-old son and three-year-old daughter. Panicked by the sounds of shooting and warplanes flying overhead, she tried calling her husband at work,…
Opinion by Jean-Francois Cautain (kabul, afghanistan) Thursday, May 04, 2023 Inter Press Service KABUL, Afghanistan, May 04 (IPS) – I am writing from Kabul where I have been living for this past 11 months. I consider myself a friend of Afghanistan, a country full of contrasts that I know since 1986;…
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Syria this week marks the first visit by Iranian leader since the beginning of Syria’s war in 2011. Elsewhere, thousands of people are fleeing a burgeoning civil war in Sudan. Israel is now negotiating direct flights to Saudi Arabia for Haj….
Source: TRAC Syracuse University. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Wednesday, May 03, 2023 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, May 03 (IPS) – Approximately 225 million people from around the world would like to migrate permanently to the United States. But given America’s current policies, relatively few of them will be…
Senor Robiay, cluster coordinator of Laubonu. Credit: Silvino Gomes Opinion by Jharendu Pant (penang, malaysia) Wednesday, May 03, 2023 Inter Press Service PENANG, Malaysia, May 03 (IPS) – Dr. Jharendu Pant is Senior Scientist – Sustainable Aquaculture Program, WorldFishFor Timor-Leste, as with most other islands in the Pacific, fortunes are to…
Seoin Yang (left) and Rosanna Claudia Luzarraga. Credit: Paul Virgo/IPS by Paul Virgo (rome) Wednesday, May 03, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 03 (IPS) – When pupils from the Chadwick International School went on an exchange trip to their math teacher’s homeland the Philippines they were faced with a mystery….
Experts say drone journalism, or the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, holds great potential for news-gathering purposes during a volatile environment such as political protests. Photo: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Wednesday, May 03, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, May 03 (IPS) – In a departure from the past, where…
Aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. Often, women and girls face greater health and safety risks as water and sanitation systems become compromised; and take on increased domestic and care work as resources disappear. Credit: UN MINUSTAH/Logan Abassi Opinion by Ayesha Khan – Eliane Ubalijoro – Yuriko Backes (karachi, pakistan /…
ROME — A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem has been elected the grand master of the Knights of Malta, the first non-European and first nonaristocratic head of the ancient lay Catholic order that provides humanitarian aid around the world. John Dunlap, 66, was…
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