Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (kuala lumpur and sydney) Tuesday, June 07, 2022 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Jun 07 (IPS) – Food crises, economic stagnation and price increases are worsening unevenly, almost everywhere, following the Ukraine war. Sanctions against Russia have especially hurt those relying on…
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing takes advantage of corrupt administrations and exploits weak management regimes, in particular those of developing countries lacking the capacity and resources for effective monitoring, control, and surveillance. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, June 06, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 06 (IPS) –…
Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Monday, June 06, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 06 (IPS) – Any fair analysis of the United Nations strongly suggests that the UN of today is not the same UN that was established in 1945. The United Nations Security Council in particular, which…
Alex Leiva, holding his baby girl, uses the water he managed to collect in barrels at 4:00 a.m., the only time the service is provided in Lotificación Praderas, in the canton of Cabañas, on the outskirts of the municipality of Apopa, north of the Salvadoran capital. The families of this…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, June 06, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) – The United Nations, which has failed to help resolve some of the world’s ongoing and longstanding civil wars and military conflicts—including Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Western Sahara, Myanmar, Syria, and most recently, Ukraine—was rightfully…
Fuzzy boundaries that lead to costly and incomplete enforcement and overlapping land and property laws lend common lands to exploitation. | Picture Courtesy: Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) Opinion anand, india Friday, June 03, 2022 Inter Press Service ANAND, India, Jun 03 (IPS) – Common lands are natural resources that…
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm) Friday, June 03, 2022 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Jun 03 (IPS) – What I have most wanted to do… is to make political writing into an art. George OrwellWarfare and misinformation are intimately connected. The 29th of May was globally observed as The Day of Communication…
Opinion by Daud Khan (rome) Friday, June 03, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Jun 03 (IPS) – Developing countries are facing a combination of crises that are unprecedented in recent times. Over the last three years they have had to face the COVID-19 crisis, the food crisis, the energy crisis, the…
A disappointing slide for the US after an election blighted by disinformation. Credit: Aaron Burson/Unsplash. Opinion Friday, June 03, 2022 Inter Press Service Jun 03 (IPS) – Defending democracy has suddenly become one of the central challenges of our age. The land war in Ukraine is widely considered a front…
If everyone were to consume resources at the rate at which people in the United States, Canada and Luxembourg do, at least five Earths would be needed. Credit: Emilio Godoy / IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, June 03, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 03 (IPS) – This article is…
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