Lula Meets First Brazilian Chair of IPS — Global Issues

Lula Meets First Brazilian Chair of IPS — Global Issues

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President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (left), alongside Carlos Tibúrcio and Fernando Morais, Chair of the IPS Board of Directors (right). Credit: Planalto.  brasilia Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BRASILIA, Nov 21 (IPS) – Elected by the agency’s global board of directors on November 14th, journalist…

Improving Livestock Health Is a Net Positive Move Towards Net Zero — Global Issues

Improving Livestock Health Is a Net Positive Move Towards Net Zero — Global Issues

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Opinion by Carel du Marchie Sarvaas (brussels, belgium) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov 21 (IPS) – The recent downturn in sales of alternative meat products is only the latest evidence that the world is unlikely to give up animal protein completely in the long run. In…

Improving Livestock Health Is a Net Positive Move Towards Net Zero — Global Issues

The Worlds Right-Wing & Left-Wing Torturers — Global Issues

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by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (IPS) – Jeanne Kirkpatrick, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, once made the distinction between “friendly” right-wing authoritarian regimes (which were mostly U.S. and Western allies) and “unfriendly” left-wing totalitarian dictatorships (which the…

How Israeli and U.S. Intelligence have rebounded since Hamas Attack

How Israeli and U.S. Intelligence have rebounded since Hamas Attack

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OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Israeli intelligence has regained its sea legs.  After the terrorist attack launched by Hamas last month, it’s clear that Shin Bet, Mossad, and Israeli military intelligence are helping the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) prosecute the war in smart and expeditious fashion.  Just take a look…

Improving Livestock Health Is a Net Positive Move Towards Net Zero — Global Issues

Funding shortfall puts WFP operations in Chad at risk — Global Issues

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The warning comes as aid agencies scramble to respond to a fresh wave of displacement sparked by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Darfur region of Sudan, with reports of mass killings, rapes and widespread destruction. The crisis is occurring amid the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the…

Watch Yemen’s Houthis release video reportedly showing the hijacking of an Israeli cargo ship
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Watch Yemen’s Houthis release video reportedly showing the hijacking of an Israeli cargo ship

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Israel has called the hijacking of a cargo ship by Houthi rebels an ‘act of Iranian terrorism’. It’s an allegation Tehran denies. However, the incident has implications for international shipping. Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports from Occupied East Jerusalem.

Will the UN Ever be Able to Eradicate Systemic Racism Within? — Global Issues

Will the UN Ever be Able to Eradicate Systemic Racism Within? — Global Issues

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Credit: UN Staff News Opinion by Shihana Mohamed (new york) Monday, November 20, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 20 (IPS) – In the midst of the Israel-Hamas conflagration, a significant anniversary at the United Nations –October 24th was the 78th year since its founding–went unremarked by the larger world….

‘The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop’: Investigating a Cold War mystery

‘The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop’: Investigating a Cold War mystery

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View some of the images, documents and other visual artifacts we uncovered during our two-year investigation Updated November 20, 2023 at 8:12 a.m. EST|Published October 23, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT (Illustration by Lucy Naland/The Washington Post; Peter Morris/Fairfax Media/Getty Images; Pete Leabo/AP; AP; USGS; Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post; George…