SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER EXCLUSIVE – The battle for semiconductors, a core ingredient of both basic and advanced technologies – such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) – has long been thought of as the purview of the private sector. Not anymore. Supply chain weakness exposed by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and concerns…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) – The massive leak of a treasure trove of highly-classified US intelligence reports—described as “one of the most remarkable disclosures of American secrets in the last decade”-– has also revealed a more surprising angle…
The 1.23 billion people working in agrifood systems belong to households made up of an estimated 3.83 billion people. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS by Paul Virgo (rome) Monday, April 17, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Apr 17 (IPS) – New research by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed…
Faces of the dead. Myanmar’s non-profit Assistance Association for Political Prisoners has a museum in the Thai border town of Mae Sot documenting the identities of over 3,000 civilians killed by the military since it seized power in 2021, as well as those killed since the first post-independence coup in…
There are so many conflicts, humanitarian disasters, extreme weather events and economic upheavals taking place in the world, that a new word is being used to describe the current state of affairs: the “polycrisis”. The word appeared in 2022, a year that began with tentative hopes that the global economy…
Dario Jose Mejia Montalvo, Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Leader of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia. Many indigenous peoples profess a deep respect for the planet and all forms of life, and an understanding that the health of the Earth goes hand in hand with…
The Secretary-General pointed to reports showing that, since the pandemic, the richest one percent of people around the world have captured nearly twice as much new wealth as the rest of the world combined. Inequalities within some countries, he said, are regressing towards early 20th Century levels, a time when…
“I strongly condemn the outbreak of fighting that is taking place in Sudan and appeal to the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces (RAF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to immediately cease hostilities, restore calm, and begin a dialogue to resolve the crisis,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on…
“One year on since the parties agreed to a truce under UN auspices, Yemen is again at a critical juncture,” he said, speaking via videoconference. “I believe we have not seen such a serious opportunity for making progress towards ending the conflict in eight years. But the tide could still…
Navid Hanif Opinion by Navid Hanif (united nations) Monday, April 17, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Apr 17 (IPS) – The world is at a crossroads. This week, the United Nations Secretary-General, government ministers and senior leaders are gathered in New York at the ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum. (scheduled…
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