Reserve Bank of Australia Review Fails Ordinary Australians — Global Issues

Reserve Bank of Australia Review Fails Ordinary Australians — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Opinion by Anis Chowdhury (sydney) Monday, May 15, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, May 15 (IPS) – The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)’s latest interest rate hike comes before the ink of the much-awaited review of the RBA, released on 20 April, has dried. The threat of more increases to come…

Reserve Bank of Australia Review Fails Ordinary Australians — Global Issues

A Golden Opportunity for the Global South — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Opinion by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake (colombo, sri lanka) Monday, May 15, 2023 Inter Press Service COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 15 (IPS) – Asia is the fastest growing and most dynamic region of the world according to a recent IMF Report; “Recovery Unabated Amid Uncertainty”. 1 Asia and the Pacific will contribute around…

UN agencies brace for disaster as Cyclone Mocha intensifies in Bay of Bengal — Global Issues

UN agencies brace for disaster as Cyclone Mocha intensifies in Bay of Bengal — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The very severe cyclonic storm is quickly strengthening in the Bay of Bengal, threatening the region with violent winds, flooding, and landslides that could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of the world’s most vulnerable people, said Clare Nullis, of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The agency’s regional specialized meteorological centre…

Reserve Bank of Australia Review Fails Ordinary Australians — Global Issues

Rights experts alarmed over Taliban use of ‘brutal’ punishments — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The urgent call from the ten Special Rapporteurs and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, came in response to an announcement by the Taliban-appointed Supreme Court in favour of punishments including stoning, flogging and burying people under a wall. Women most vulnerable The de facto…

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest — Global Issues

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sounded the alarm on Wednesday after locusts were spotted in the country’s north and northeast. FAO said that a “full outbreak” this year could destroy up to 1.2 million metric tonnes of wheat, or a quarter of the total annual harvest. FAO Representative…

Guterres calls for end to violence following arrest of Imran Khan — Global Issues

Guterres calls for end to violence following arrest of Imran Khan — Global Issues

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Mr. Khan pleaded not guilty to corruption charges on Wednesday, appearing before a judge at a police guest house, which also served as a court room, according to news reports. Multiple charges His appearance there, reportedly coincided with an indictment by the High Court in Islamabad, in a separate corruption…

Reserve Bank of Australia Review Fails Ordinary Australians — Global Issues

Over 200 executed since January; Türk calls for end to death penalty — Global Issues

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More than 10 people are put to death each week in Iran, High Commissioner Türk said, making the country “one of the world’s highest executors”, with at least 209 people executed since the beginning of the year according to sources quoted by the UN rights office (OHCHR), in a press…

Theatre Used to Dispel Polio Immunisation Myths in Pakistan — Global Issues

Theatre Used to Dispel Polio Immunisation Myths in Pakistan — Global Issues

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Dramas, using professional actors and compelling storylines, are used to persuade reluctant parents to have their children immunized against polio. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Friday, May 05, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, May 05 (IPS) – Pakistan, one of two polio-endemic countries in the world, has started staging…