Families sheltering in an UNRWA school. Credit: UNICEF/Hassan Islyeh Opinion by an IPS Correspondent (new york) Monday, October 23, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 23 (IPS) – Amnesty International (AI), one of the leading human rights organizations, has accused Israeli forces of continuing “to intensify their cataclysmic assault on…
Credit: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, October 20, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Oct 20 (IPS) – It’s a rapid reversal for New Zealand’s Labour Party, in power for six years. At the last election in 2020 it won an outright majority, the first party to do…
An aerial view of Hacendita Cafubá, on the north shore of Piratininga, a lagoon in southeastern Brazil, when ponds that serve as a spillway and to collect sedimentation of polluted water were being built and filter gardens that clean the water of the Cafubá River before discharging its waters into…
Tabeth Gowere (76) makes extra cash from weaving plastic waste. A group of seniors started weaving plastic out of a need to improve the environment and make some extra cash. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (harare) Friday, October 20, 2023 Inter Press Service HARARE, Oct 20 (IPS) – They do…
In Africa, an estimated 55 million girls under the age of 15 have experienced – or are at risk of experiencing – FGM. Credit: Shutterstock Opinion by Stephanie Musho, Esther M Passaris (nairobi) Friday, October 20, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Oct 20 (IPS) – The tips of our fingers have densely…
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Friday, October 20, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 20 (IPS) – Cities have always been dynamic hubs of culture, education, economic growth and opportunity, and most importantly, centres of social interaction attracting residents and visitors alike. It is no surprise then, that…
Credit: European Press Agency for Glasgow Actions Team Opinion by Andrew Nazdin (london) Thursday, October 19, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Oct 19 (IPS) – It’s official: The World Bank officially has a mission to combat climate change. At least on paper. This week, the World Bank governing body approved a…
Egypt is sacrificing a historic area to make way for a road network to assist with traffic flow in Cairo. Credit: Hisham Allam/IPS by Hisham Allam (cairo) Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Inter Press Service CAIRO, Oct 18 (IPS) – The Egyptian government is clearing a vast area in Historic Cairo, a…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 18 (IPS) – A senior manager of the world’s largest investment firm has ‘blown the whistle’ on ESG (environment, social and governance) ‘greenwashing’, especially on supposed climate finance. Wall Street whistle-blowerTariq Fancy…
Cattle quench their thirst at a drying river as worsening drought conditions continue in Isiolo County, Kenya. Credit: ILRI/Geoffrey Njenga by Maina Waruru (nairobi) Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Oct 17 (IPS) – Women in pastoralist areas of East Africa are critical to the health of livestock in…
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