Achieving the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires not only slowing new construction, but also retiring existing coal power plants early, worldwide. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Opinion by Philippe Benoit (paris) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service PARIS, Oct 26 (IPS) – With COP 27 approaching, pressure is mounting on…
Women living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s idyllic Swat valley are determined that Taliban militants will not take root in their community again. Credit: Zofeen T. Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service Karachi, Oct 26 (IPS) – The rise in militancy in Swat still haunts many locals…
Ammunition used by the Iranian secfurioty forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province during anti-regime protests. Credit: courtesy by Arina Moradi (copenhagen) Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Inter Press Service COPENHAGEN, Oct 25 (IPS) – It’s been over a month since Bayan, a 30-year-old Persian language teacher, last left her home in the Kurdish…
There have been “multiple reports” of deportations since April which run contrary to international humanitarian law, UNHCR spokesperson, Shabia Mantoo, told journalists in Geneva. “According to information received by UNHCR, an asylum-seeker from Myanmar was deported on 21 October from detention despite UNHCR interventions…Such deportations of refugees and asylum-seekers amount…
At Jhargram in India’s West Bengal state, farmers have returned to indigenous and organic farming with promising results. Here women farmers prepare seed beds. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (jhargram, india) Monday, October 24, 2022 Inter Press Service Jhargram, India, Oct 24 (IPS) – At Jhargram, a far-flung…
Mr. Guterres was in the country to take part in a ceremony to commemorate the 45th anniversary of its membership in the UN. He held meetings with the President, Nguyen Xuan Phuc; Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, and other senior officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bui Thanh Son,…
Gadvi Kailashben, a 42-year-old widow, lives in Modhera, home to the centuries-old Sun Temple and now the first village in India that runs on solar energy. She earns a meagre income from agriculture which she uses to take care of her family. The Government has installed solar panels on her…
Anti-trafficking street play being stages in a tea house. Trafficking survivors often find it difficult to access compensation in India, and traffickers often escape justice. Credit: Rina Mukherji/IPS by Rina Mukherji (pune) Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Pune, Oct 19 (IPS) – Fourteen-year-old Priti Pyne was returning from school…
Maldives Minister for Gender, Family, and Social Services, Aishath Mohamed Didi, in her keynote address said her island country faced unique development challenges and is vulnerable to economic shocks and climate change. by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Tuesday, October 18, 2022 Inter Press Service Johannesburg, Oct 18 (IPS) – An aging population…
Laboni Akhter works on a laptop in front of the digital service centre at Bawalkar village in Badarkhali, Barguna district, southern Bangladesh, in September 2022. Credit: Farid Ahmed/IPS by Farid Ahmed (badarkhali, bangladesh) Monday, October 17, 2022 Inter Press Service BADARKHALI, Bangladesh, Oct 17 (IPS) – A barefoot young man in…
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