Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 30 (IPS) – There have been an array of proposals to sustain journalism around the world — from tax incentives and subsidies to the idea of allocating 1% of governments’ GDP to a drastically increased…
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER INTERVIEW — After cruising to a second-round presidential victory over the weekend, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey for 20 years, is now set to make it a full quarter century. President Joe Biden congratulated him in a phone call Monday, during which time Erdogan also reportedly expressed the desire to…
Dr Paul Kinoti at the JKUAT snail farm, where he is researching the potential of snail slime cough syrup. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Monday, May 29, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, May 29 (IPS) – Snails and slime are usually followed by the thought ‘EEW!’ from most people…
Carbon taxes can incorporate the environmental cost of doing business to a product’s final price. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Tatiana Falcao Monday, May 29, 2023 Inter Press Service May 29 (IPS) – Reducing carbon emissions is critical for combating climate change. And one effective way to do this is through…
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has now reported on the “Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in the last 20 years.’ Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS by Baher Kamal (rome) Monday, May 29, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 29 (IPS) – Please stop repeating all this softened wording, such as climate…
Comment on this storyComment ANKARA, Turkey — World leaders congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan early Monday as the country’s election board confirmed that the 69-year-old had won a close and bitterly fought presidential election, ensuring that his divisive tenure at Turkey’s helm would extend into a third decade. Erdogan…
“United Nations peacekeepers are the beating heart of our commitment to a more peaceful world,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for the Day. Mr. Guterres called for greater support for these men and women, who help countries to transition from war to peace. Hope and help “They are…
Sudan, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Mali have been elevated to the highest alert level, joining Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Additionally, a likely El Niño – a naturally occurring climatic phenomenon that has a warming effect on ocean surface temperatures in the central and east Pacific – is…
KYIV, Ukraine — Explosions rang across the capital Monday morning as it suffered its 16th air attack this month and second in the past 12 hours. The Kyiv regional military administration described the raid as a missile attack and said air defenses were at work. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that…
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — On September 17th, 1945, just weeks after the Japanese surrender that marked the end of the Second World War, a Connecticut Congresswoman gave a speech that seemed capture the sentiment of a war-weary nation. Every lawmaker, said Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, has been “under constant and terrific pressure…
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