In the southern city of Taiz, 11-month-old Ameer Hellal receives WFP supplementary food for malnutrition. Photo: WFP/Albaraa Mansoor by Alexander Kozul-Wright (geneva) Friday, March 03, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Mar 03 (IPS) – At a high-level UN event, global donors pledged US$1.2 billion in aid operations to Yemen in 2023….
Farmer using tablet to contact customer/ iStock Opinion by Hsiao Chink Tang, Anne Cortez (beijing, the people’s republic of china) Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BEIJING, The People’s Republic of China, Feb 21 (IPS) – Digitalization is a key driver of competitiveness and development. As the world takes the…
Rohingya IDPs confined to a Sittwe camp in Rakhine State wait for international intervention. More than 1.5 million people are displaced in Myanmar. Credit: Sara Perria/IPS by Guy Dinmore, Thompson Chau (bangkok) Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Feb 21 (IPS) – Nearly 18 million people – about one-third…
“A street of local markets in a residential area in North Syria that has been blocked by the ruins of collapsed buildings.” Credit: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) by Sania Farooqui (new delhi, india) Monday, February 13, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Feb 13 (IPS) – Almost over 33,000 people…
The Gabura union, a small island adjacent to the Sundarbans forest, is expected to be submerged in seawater by 2050. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan by Mohammad Rakibul Hasan – and AI Artificial Intelligence (dhaka, bangladesh) Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Inter Press Service DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan 18 (IPS) – Climate change is…
Anti-Austerity protests in 2006-2020. Credit: World Protests Platform Opinion by Isabel Ortiz, Sara Burke (new york) Friday, January 13, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jan 13 (IPS) – This week world leaders meet in Davos to discuss cooperation to address multiple crises, from COVID-19 and escalating inflation to slowing economic…
Sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry reached 592 billion US dollars in 2021, a 1.9% increase compared with 2020 in real terms. Credit: Shutterstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, December 22, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Dec 22 (IPS) – Day after day,…
The World Food Program has been active in Venezuela since last year, delivering bags of food to families of schoolchildren in some poor areas, such as remote areas accessed by river in the Arismedi municipality, in the southwestern plains state of Barinas. CREDIT: Gabriel Gómez/WFP by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Thursday, December…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Hezri A Adnan (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 15 (IPS) – The latest annual climate conference has begun in the face of a worsening climate crisis and further retreats by rich nations following the energy crisis induced…
Opinion by Morseda Chowdhury (dhaka, bangladesh) Monday, October 31, 2022 Inter Press Service DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct 31 (IPS) – The digital transformation of thousands of community health workers in Bangladesh has dramatically enhanced their work, while enabling the creation and tracking of a healthcare database covering 64 million people. The resulting…
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