Shu’fat refugee camp is home to 120,000 Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. Photo credit: Jawad Al Malhi by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Jul 28 (IPS) – The likelihood of further confrontations remains high following a major…
Opinion by Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl (washington dc) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jul 28 (IPS) – The Biden administration’s decision to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions, a weapon widely banned for the inherent dangers they pose to non-combatants, is risky. In addition to the immediate and…
“Migration is a right,” read the handkerchiefs held by two women at a demonstration in the Argentine capital for migrants’ rights. At left is Natividad Obeso, a Peruvian who came to Buenos Aires in 1994, fleeing political violence in her country. CREDIT: Camilo Flores / ACDH by Daniel Gutman (buenos aires)…
Lack of accessible information in sign language has made online platforms, education, healthcare inaccessible for the Deaf due to non-provision of information in sign language formats. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Egwelu Timothy (kampala) Thursday, July 27, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA, Jul 27 (IPS) – Every July, the disability community honors…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Thursday, July 27, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 27 (IPS) – The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the creature of—and subservient to — the 193 member states who largely reign supreme in the world body. But, in reality, Antonio Guterres has been defiant…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 26 (IPS) – Currency values and foreign exchange rates change for many reasons, largely following market perceptions, regardless of fundamentals. Market speculation has worsened volatility, instability and fragility in most economies, especially…
The progress made in HIV prevention is nothing short of a global success story. It is time that TB caught up to HIV. Medicine is simply too advanced for us to tolerate how one disease can be beaten back yet another continues to flourish. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. Opinion by Violet…
A doctor prescribes medicine for mothers and children during a UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition team visit. Credit: Karim / UNICEF Opinion by James Elder (kabul, afghanistan) Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Inter Press Service KABUL, Afghanistan, Jul 26 (IPS) – The needs of Afghanistan’s children and families are immense. So are…
Marisol and Misael Menjívar pose next to the biodigester installed in March in the backyard of their home in El Corozal, a rural settlement located near Suchitoto in central El Salvador. With a biotoilet and stove, the couple produces biogas for cooking from feces, which saves them money. The biotoilet…
Opinion by Lawrence Wittner (albany, usa) Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Inter Press Service ALBANY, USA, Jul 25 (IPS) – Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the immensely destructive Ukraine War lies in the fact that it could have been averted. The most obvious way was for the Russian government to abandon its…
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