Dusk approaches in Yangon, Myanmar. Credit: Unsplash/Alexander Schimmeck Opinion by Noeleen Heyzer (united nations) Thursday, October 27, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 (IPS) – The political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar continues to take a catastrophic toll on the people, with serious regional implications. More than…
Achieving the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires not only slowing new construction, but also retiring existing coal power plants early, worldwide. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Opinion by Philippe Benoit (paris) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service PARIS, Oct 26 (IPS) – With COP 27 approaching, pressure is mounting on…
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Oct 26 (IPS) – In his treatise On War, the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) stated that war is “merely a continuation of policy with other means”. With his experience from the Napoleonic Wars von Clausewitz knew…
Opinion by Bhumika Muchhala (new york) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 26 (IPS) – Held in-person for the first time in three years, the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank last week in Washington, D.C. failed to offer solutions to the dozens…
Women living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s idyllic Swat valley are determined that Taliban militants will not take root in their community again. Credit: Zofeen T. Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service Karachi, Oct 26 (IPS) – The rise in militancy in Swat still haunts many locals…
Ammunition used by the Iranian secfurioty forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province during anti-regime protests. Credit: courtesy by Arina Moradi (copenhagen) Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Inter Press Service COPENHAGEN, Oct 25 (IPS) – It’s been over a month since Bayan, a 30-year-old Persian language teacher, last left her home in the Kurdish…
Biodiversity is in trouble as the WWF report, 2022 Living Planet Index, indicates that the global wildlife population had decreased by 69 percent since 1970. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Oct 25 (IPS) – Home to a variety of iconic and…
Children stand in a flood water in Borno State, Nigeria. Credit: UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin Opinion by Alexander Muller – Adam Prakash – Elena Lazutkaite (berlin) Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Inter Press Service BERLIN, Oct 25 (IPS) – In temperate zones lie most of the world’s richest countries, which have also been up…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (IPS) – Widespread adverse reactions to the UK government’s recent ‘mini-budget’ forced new Prime Minister Liz Truss to resign. The episode highlighted problems of macroeconomic policy coordination…
Republicans in general favor less immigration than Democrats. For example, a national Gallup poll in July 2022 found that the proportion saying immigration to America should be decreased was 69 percent among Republicans versus 17 percent among Democrats. Credit: Guillermo Arias / IPS Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Monday, October…
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