During UN-organized beach and buffer zone clean-ups, though, youth from both the north and south of Cyprus work side-by-side with peacekeepers. Credit: UNFICYP by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (IPS) – Along the 180-kilometer-long buffer zone separating the north and…
Wildfires under dry conditions have been cited as contributing to the El Nino phenomenon. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS by Ignatius Banda (bulawayo, zimbabwe) Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Sep 27 (IPS) – Zimbabwe is riding a wave of food security assurances after what officials said was last year’s…
Credit: Asian Development Bank Opinion by Omar Sidique – Diani Sadiawati – Diandra Pratami (bangkok, thailand) Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 27 (IPS) – Many nations are engaged in ambitious urban planning endeavors and the creation of new capital cities. Nusantara, Indonesia, is the latest in…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 27 (IPS) – In recent years, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have spread rapidly. While usually profitable for the private partners, PPPs have generally not served the longer-term public interest. PPPs as miracle all-purpose…
The state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) oil company is completing its seventh refinery on a 600-hectare site at Dos Bocas in the municipality of Paraíso, in the southeastern state of Tabasco. The plant will process some 290,000 barrels of fuels per day when it reaches full capacity. CREDIT: Erik Contreras-Gerardo Morales…
Jamaat-i-Islami party stage protest in Peshawar against price-hikes. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar, pakistan) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, Sep 26 (IPS) – “We are under extreme stress about skyrocketing prices of essential edible commodities and the cost of gas and electricity. The situation is…
Kagbeni village in September 2022. This year’s flood swept away houses and infrastructure and destroyed livestock and crops. Photo: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (kathmandu) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Sep 26 (IPS) – After heavy rains caused a flash flooding in the high mountains in the trans-Himalayan…
Civilians are evacuated in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, after the Azeri attack on September 19. Local administration data estimates the population of Karabakh at 120,000. Credit: Siranush Sargsyan/IPS. by Karlos Zurutuza (rome) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Sep 26 (IPS) – On September 19, the sound of…
SDG logos are projected in the UN General Assembly Hall. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías Opinion by Oli Henman (new york) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 26 (IPS) – The world is now half way to 2030 but the ambitious goals agreed in 2015 including the Paris…
Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 26 (IPS) – Maryam al-Khawaja’s journey home ended before it had begun: British Airways staff stopped her boarding her flight at the request of Bahraini immigration authorities. Maryam was no regular passenger: her father…
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