Adel Mansour takes his WFP food basket home on a cart in Abyan, Yemen. Credit: WFP/Ahmed Altaf Opinion by Max Lawson (london) Monday, May 22, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, May 22 (IPS) – “G7 countries have failed the Global South here in Hiroshima. They failed to cancel debts, and they…
Credit: Martín Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, May 19, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 19 (IPS) – On 7 May, Chileans went to the polls to choose a Constitutional Council that will produce a new constitution to replace the one bequeathed by…
“As reuse and recycling capacities in Europe are limited, a large share of used textiles collected in the EU is traded and exported to Africa and Asia, and their fate is highly uncertain,” says the European Environmental Agency. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (rome) Thursday, May 18, 2023 Inter Press Service…
Opinion by Daniel Bradlow (pretoria, south africa) Thursday, May 18, 2023 Inter Press Service PRETORIA, South Africa, May 18 (IPS) – Zambia defaulted on its debt in November 2021 but has not yet reached an agreement with its creditors. Its president recently warned that this situation is hurting its citizens and…
Carrying the Mayan flag, members of the Colibrí Collective lead a march against the Mayan Train in the city of Valladolid, in the southern Mexican state of Yucatán, in May 2023. The construction of the Mexican government’s most important megaproject has drawn criticism from affected communities due to its environmental,…
Opinion by Monica Hirst, Juan Gabriel Tokatlian (rio de janeiro, brazil / buenos aires, argentina) Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Inter Press Service RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil / BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 17 (IPS) – Half a century ago, the dominance of the United States dollar in the international finance and trade…
Joy of Marketing – Ethiopia. Credit: International Seed Federation Opinion by Michael Keller (vaud, switzerland) Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Inter Press Service Michael Keller is Secretary General of International Seed Federation VAUD, Switzerland, May 16 (IPS) – At long last, momentum is growing for an overdue rethink of climate finance and…
Credit: UNESCO Opinion by Yasmine Hamdar – Keyzom Ngodun Massally – Gayan Peiris (united nations) Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (IPS) – From ChatGPT to deepfakes, the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) has recently been making headlines. But beyond the buzz, there are real benefits…
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…
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…
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