CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — A burgeoning inside-outside strategy against Russia may have seemed a bit more apparent on Thursday as the U.S. Congress welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also enjoyed an invitation to only the third state dinner President Joe Biden has offered since taking office. With the…
Santiago Abascal, leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party. The party could soon be in government, after the 23 July 2023 general elections. Credit: Shutterstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, June 22, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 22 (IPS) – The abuse of human rights has sharply increased with the steady…
Yohei Sasakawa, WHO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, speaks at the two-day Bergen International Conference on Hansen’s Disease. The conference coincided with the 150th anniversary of the discovery of Mycobacterium leprae by Norwegian doctor Gerhard Armauer Hansen. Credit: Thor Brødreskift/Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Thursday, June 22,…
Paraquat is currently banned in over 67 countries, including China, the EU, and Brazil. In the US, it’s labelled as a restricted-use substance, meaning that farmworkers are still allowed to spray it on crops as long as they receive proper EPA training and certification. Credit: Atraxia Law Opinion by Miguel…
CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT ANALYSIS – With Ukraine now solidly into its long-awaited counteroffensive, western leaders are looking for signs of what impact the new actions may be having on the thinking of Russian President Vladimir Putin. What Putin is thinking when it comes to a long-term strategy for the war,…
The UN General Assembly in session. Credit: UN Photo Opinion by Florian Krampe, Adam Day (stockholm, sweden) Thursday, June 22, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jun 22 (IPS) – The wildfires raging in Canada are yet another reminder that climate change is already having an impact on all our lives….
Speaking at the Paris Finance Summit, Mr. Guterres said many African States were spending more on debt repayments than on desperately needed healthcare, and that over 50 countries were either in default or “dangerously” close to it. The UN chief called for a debt relief mechanism that supports payment suspensions,…
Opinion by Matti Kohonen (london) Thursday, June 22, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 22 (IPS) – The author is Executive Director of Financial Transparency CoalitionThe sanctions against Russian oligarchs who hold billions of dollars have mostly failed to have a real impact beyond freezing a few yachts and properties. So,…
The expansion towards the mountains of the coastal city of Ensenada, in the northwestern Mexican state of Baja California, stresses the water supply, which is scarce in this peninsular region due to its arid nature and deficiencies in water management. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy/IPS by Emilio Godoy (ensenada, mexico) Wednesday, June 21,…
UN Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva was briefing the Security Council on the dire situation facing the country and the international aid effort, with UN women workers among those now prevented by Taliban edicts from working. “We will not put our national staff in danger and therefore we are asking them…
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