74% of people in G20 countries want economic systems to change, survey finds. Credit: Paul Virgo / IPS. by Paul Virgo (rome) Thursday, September 08, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Sep 08 (IPS) – In 1972 the Club of Rome alerted the world to the harm human economic systems were doing…
Opinion by John Sifton (new york) Thursday, September 08, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 08 (IPS) – This week, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, released his first report. It is a catalog of abuses under Taliban rule since August 2021 and their…
There are 244 million children out of school. Credit: Shafiqul Alam Kiron/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, September 07, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Sep 07 (IPS) – More than two-thirds of 10-year-olds are unable to read and understand a simple text. This shocking finding should be enough to be alarmed…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, September 06, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 06 (IPS) – As rich countries raise interest rates in double-edged efforts to address inflation, developing countries are struggling to cope with slowdowns, inflation, higher interest rates and…
Opinion by Melissa Leach (brighton, uk) Tuesday, September 06, 2022 Inter Press Service BRIGHTON, UK, Sep 06 (IPS) – The UK’s new Prime Minister (and former Foreign Secretary), Liz Truss, enters Downing Street with a full and urgent in-tray, dominated by the highest inflation rate for 40 years and concerns across…
Sizable differences in the levels of children dying persist especially between more developed and less developed regions. Credit: Franz Chávez/IPS Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Monday, September 05, 2022 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Sep 05 (IPS) – The chances of a child dying before reaching age five years have…
Credit: United Nations Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Monday, September 05, 2022 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 05 (IPS) – There are many ways the UN can have a sizeable role in promoting the engagement and participation of youth and helping them becoming a central pillar of a new…
The World Health Organization calls air pollution the “single biggest environmental threat to human health” and estimates that 99 percent of the world’s population live in locations that are above WHO thresholds designed to protect human health. . Credit: Malav Goswami/IPS Opinion by Felix Horne Friday, September 02, 2022 Inter…
With the rise in COVID-19 cases fueled by new variants, the number of long COVID cases will keep increasing. Credit: Unsplash/Ivan Diaz Opinion by Ifeanyi Nsofor (abuja) Thursday, September 01, 2022 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Sep 01 (IPS) – More than two-years in, the COVID-19 pandemic rages on with rising cases…
Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait and Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council meet students at the Souza Gare school in the Littoral region, Cameroon. The school hosts displaced children who have fled the violence in the North-West and South-West regions. Credit: ECW/Daniel Beloumou by Joyce…
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