News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars — Global Issues

News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars — Global Issues

Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm) Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Jul 13 (IPS) – Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.                                                     Michel de MontaigneDuring the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in their homes they watched with fear and…

Myths Fuel Xenophobic Sentiment in South Africa — Global Issues

Myths Fuel Xenophobic Sentiment in South Africa — Global Issues

Damage caused by arsonists during a xenophobic attack in Johannesburg. Credit: Lwazi Khumalo/IPS by Fawzia Moodley (johannesburg) Thursday, July 07, 2022 Inter Press Service Johannesburg, Jul 07 (IPS) – Around the world, from Syria to Libya, from Bangladesh to Ukraine, millions have become refugees in foreign lands due to war, famine,…

Sri Lankan Beggars Opera — Global Issues

Animals are Core to Pandemic Prevention We Must Strengthen Their Defences — Global Issues

Opinion by Carel du Marchie Sarvaas (brussels) Tuesday, July 05, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jul 05 (IPS) – The writer is executive director of HealthforAnimals, the global animal health association   World Zoonoses Day, which will be commemorated on July 6, celebrates the success of the first vaccine which was…

Sri Lankan Beggars Opera — Global Issues

EUs Exclusionary Migration Policies Place People on the Move toward Europe at Greater Risk — Global Issues

Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Monday, July 04, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jul 04 (IPS) – A mass attempt on June 24, 2022, of about 2000 African migrants to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 37 people dead. Several human rights…

Sri Lankan Beggars Opera — Global Issues

World Leaders Must Look at the Big Picture to Solve Food Crisis — Global Issues

Opinion by Marco Ferroni (chicago, usa) Friday, July 01, 2022 Inter Press Service CHICAGO, USA, Jul 01 (IPS) – The writer is Chair of the CGIAR System Board From the worst drought in four decades threatening famine across the Horn of Africa to extreme heat in South Asia, the war in…

Bangladesh Flood Victims Cry for Relief — Global Issues

Bangladesh Flood Victims Cry for Relief — Global Issues

Relief workers bring supplies to stranded communities following devastating floods in Bangladesh. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPS by Rafiqul Islam (dhaka) Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Inter Press Service DHAKA, Jun 28 (IPS) – After losing everything in the recent devastating flood that swept the northeastern districts in Bangladesh, pregnant mother Joynaba Akter, her…

International Relief Effort After Deadly Afghan Earthquake Displaces Thousands — Global Issues

International Relief Effort After Deadly Afghan Earthquake Displaces Thousands — Global Issues

Pakistani medics treat Afghan quake survivors on the border of the two countries. More than 1000 were killed and thousands displaced after the 5.9-magnitude quake hit the Paktika and Khost on June 22, 2022. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Friday, June 24, 2022 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Jun 24…