From the right: Gov’t Idiocy at Work “Cities are rapidly inventing new job titles,” reports City Journal’s Steven Malanga, and the “hottest (pun intended)” is “chief heat officer” — whose task is to “enumerate the impact of heat on the local population” and “seek ways to mitigate it.” One popular idea…
Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Friday, October 07, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 07 (IPS) – By all accounts Israel is considered a democratic country, but a close look at its domestic political combustion sadly reveals that Israel’s democracy is in tatters and is tearing at the seams….
Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels (idn)) Thursday, October 06, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS (IDN), Oct 06 (IPS) – “If all I knew about Africa were from popular images, I too would think that Africa was a place of beautiful landscapes, beautiful animals and incomprehensible people, fighting senseless wars, dying of…
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm) Wednesday, October 05, 2022 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Oct 05 (IPS) – After President Putin had given a speech, garnered with accusations and myths, a mega-show at the Red Square celebrated the re-entry of four Ukrainian regions to the bosom of Mother Russia. This while a…
Tanzanian officials tour the Kingfisher upstream oil project in Uganda. The African Union has adopted a position of energy access which includes deploying all forms of energy resources, including non-renewable and renewables, to address the energy crisis in the continent. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS Opinion by Wambi Michael (kampala) Wednesday, October 05,…
Credit: UNICEF Opinion by Amy West, Sharon Iwachu (washington dc) Wednesday, October 05, 2022 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Oct 05 (IPS) – This year commemorates the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child. While the last decade has seen greater attention on the positive development needs of…
Some human coronaviruses cause seasonal colds or other mild symptoms. Others can be severe and even fatal. Credit: Unsplash Opinion bellville, south africa Tuesday, October 04, 2022 Inter Press Service Seven human coronaviruses have been identified since then. Most cause only relatively minor health concerns: the common cold and seasonal…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, October 04, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 04 (IPS) – Central banks (CBs) around the world – led by the US Fed, European Central Bank and Bank of England – are raising interest rates, ostensibly…
Opinion by Gypsy Guillen Kaiser (new york) Tuesday, October 04, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 04 (IPS) – “This woman sitting next to me, Maria Ressa, is a Nobel laureate and a convicted criminal,” said barrister Amal Clooney, who co-leads the international legal team representing Ressa. The founder of…
A meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Credit: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré Opinion by Meenakshi Ganguly (new delhi) Monday, October 03, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, Oct 03 (IPS) – Meenakshi Ganguly is South Asia director at Human Rights WatchThe economic, political, and human rights calamity gripping Sri…
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