CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Designed to drum up the world’s first AI rulebook, the European Union’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act is a far-reaching legal framework aimed at strengthening Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance across a wide range of sectors, which has rivals watching as they consider their own versions. Being…
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 08 (IPS) – The World changes, though prejudices and misconceptions remain. In 1996, political scientist Samuel Huntington published The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, in which he predicted that people’s cultural…
Opinion by Daisaku Ikeda (tokyo, japan) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service TOKYO, Japan, May 08 (IPS) – The Ukraine crisis, which in addition to bringing devastation to the people of that country has had severe impacts on a global scale—even giving rise to the specter of nuclear weapons use—has…
Droughts are a growing threat to global food production, particularly in Africa. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Baher Kamal (rome) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 08 (IPS) – Less than a decade ago, Africa was home to 60-65% of the world’s uncultivated arable land and 10% of renewable…
Stagnant water in one of Nairobi’s residential areas. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, May 08 (IPS) – ‘Urban’ Kenya has been alerted because new mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, threatens to derail decades of effort made in the fight against malaria. According…
Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, May 08 (IPS) – A civilian student named Saber was caught in the crossfire in Khartoum. He had two choices: either flee and lose everything; or die. But within a moment his option to choose was…
The Toledo Bioenergy Center, in southern Brazil, is under construction, but its biodigesters are already operating with manure and the carcasses of disease-free dead animals from 16 pig farms. The goal is to generate one megawatt of power and for pig farmers to participate in the production of biogas without…
1. Forests are essential to life on Earth Forests cover 31 per cent of the Earth’s land area, contain over 80 per cent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, and store more carbon than the entire atmosphere. “Forests are one of Earth’s most valuable ecosystems,” said Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for UN…
In India, a doctor checks a patient’s x-ray for lung damage, which may indicate tuberculosis. Credit: ILO/Vijay Kuty Opinion by Morounfolu Olugbosi (pretoria, south africa) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service On May 8, there will be an interactive multistakeholder hearing at the UN as part of the preparatory process…
At the same time, UN agencies are also helping to provide emergency relief support, including the International Organization for Migration (IOM), whose Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) aims at assisting refugees and third country nationals who are desperately trying to flee fighting by escaping to neighbouring countries. Sudan’s national army and…
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