Industrially produced trans fat is responsible for up to 500,000 premature deaths from coronary heart disease each year, according to WHO. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Feb 10 (IPS) – The food industry continues to intensively use toxic chemicals in their products,…
Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 10 (IPS) – Thulani Maseko knew speaking out in Eswatini was a risky business. An activist and well-known human rights lawyer, he’d previously spent 14 months in jail for criticising the country’s lack of judicial independence. Now…
War damage at a children’s facility in Ivanivka, Kherson. Investigators want changes in the way war crimes are investigated and prosecuted. Credit: Nychka Lishchynska by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Feb 10 (IPS) – As plans are announced to set up an international centre in…
Opinion by Purnaka de Silva, Geetika Chandwani (new york) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Feb 10 (IPS) – The opioid addiction crisis in the United States is an acute public health emergency and a profound threat to national security – which is caused by the over-prescription, misuse,…
It is imperative to identify symptoms when they are present and provide timely care. Asking routine questions at primary care visits is an effective way to achieve this. Credit: Unsplash /Melanie Wasser. Opinion by Ifeanyi Nsofor (abuja) Thursday, February 09, 2023 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Feb 09 (IPS) – Patients who…
As Zimbabweans head to the polls once again, civil and religious organisations have called for tolerance in the run-up to the elections. Credit: Commonwealth by Ignatius Banda (bulawayo) Thursday, February 09, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Feb 09 (IPS) – With political violence escalating in Zimbabwe, national elections slated for later…
Figure 1: Proportion of population with access to clean cooking fuels and technologies (Data source: World Health Organization, via the Asia Pacific Energy Portal. Data was unavailable for New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Is., American Samoa, French Polynesia and Guam.) Opinion by David Ferrari – Sudip Ranjan Basu – Kimberly Roseberry (bangkok,…
Hydrogen (H2) is an essential component of today’s energy and industrial systems. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Adalberto Castaneda Vidal (new york) Wednesday, February 08, 2023 Inter Press Service The region is definitely taking this opportunity seriously. Over the past years, 11 countries in the region have published national hydrogen strategies. While…
Energy-efficient solar systems in the UN Compound in Timor-Leste are helping cut down costs and reduce CO2 emissions. Credit: UN Opinion by Ahmed Saleem (dili, timor-leste) Wednesday, February 08, 2023 Inter Press Service DILI, Timor-Leste, Feb 08 (IPS) – Access to energy remains a concerning challenge for many in Timor-Leste. The…
Pope Francis with a child on his shoulders – graffiti in Rome Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Wednesday, February 08, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb 08 (IPS) – When the Pope Emeritus Benedict XIV/Ratzinger died on the last day of 2022 it did not cause much of a…
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