News Deserts Are Rampant in Latin America — Global Issues

News Deserts Are Rampant in Latin America — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

A photo of journalists dedicated to covering the agendas of nearby communities, like these ones in a town in Colombia, is uncommon in poor areas of Latin American countries, where millions of people have no access to information of local interest. CREDIT: Chasquis Foundation by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Wednesday, June 14,…

Massive Fish Mortality Strikes Kashmirs Lake, Threatens Livelihoods — Global Issues

Massive Fish Mortality Strikes Kashmirs Lake, Threatens Livelihoods — Global Issues

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Thousands of dead fish in Dal Lake, Kashmir, are of concern to fishers, who make a living off the lake. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (srinagar, indian kashmir) Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Inter Press Service SRINAGAR, Indian Kashmir, Jun 14 (IPS) – Abdul Lateef Dar, a 45-year-old man…

UN chief voices horror as scores die in migrant shipwreck off Greek coast — Global Issues

UN chief voices horror as scores die in migrant shipwreck off Greek coast — Global Issues

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Latest news reports said the bodies of at least 79 men, women and children had been recovered, with hundreds more potentially dead or missing. The UN migration agency (IOM) estimated that at least 400 had been on board, adding that 104 survivors had been brought to shore by the middle…

UN chief voices horror as scores die in migrant shipwreck off Greek coast — Global Issues

Türk calls for action to enable ‘equal and meaningful’ participation of women in public life — Global Issues

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“Patriarchy must be a thing of the past. Our future depends on women and girls being at the table everywhere when decisions are made,” said Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Only 1 in 4 parliamentarians are women “It was only last year that for the first…

UN chief voices horror as scores die in migrant shipwreck off Greek coast — Global Issues

Faith leaders critical to combating ‘groundswell’ of hatred globally — Global Issues

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The Council met specifically to discuss “the values of human fraternity in promoting and sustaining peace”, building on a 2019 declaration co-authored by Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al Sharif, Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, and also considered…

UN chief voices horror as scores die in migrant shipwreck off Greek coast — Global Issues

Social justice must be the foundation for the changing world of work: Guterres — Global Issues

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The two-day meeting has been organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to inform its proposal for a Global Coalition for Social Justice. “The world is at a decisive moment. Today’s policies on climate, on threats to global security, on social solidarity and more, will shape our future and that…

UN chief voices horror as scores die in migrant shipwreck off Greek coast — Global Issues

The Fight for Equity in Education Continues in Africa — Global Issues

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Opinion by M Scott Frank (denver, colorado, usa) Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Inter Press Service DENVER, Colorado, USA, Jun 14 (IPS) – June 16 marks the International Day of the African Child, a day commemorating student uprisings in Soweto Township, South Africa, in 1976. The day is meant to honor the…

Be Ready for a Fierce and Protracted Ukrainian Counteroffensive

Be Ready for a Fierce and Protracted Ukrainian Counteroffensive

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Subscriber+Exclusive Interview — With Ukraine’s unmistakable blue-and-yellow colors now flying atop the rubble of the newly liberated village of Neskuchne in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk Oblast, the initial push of a much-anticipated counteroffensive against Russian positions is apparently beginning to yield results. The Cipher Brief was in Ukraine earlier this month…