Why a Feudal Culture & Absence of Meritocracy Bankrupted a Nation — Global Issues

Why a Feudal Culture & Absence of Meritocracy Bankrupted a Nation — Global Issues

Opinion by Charles Seevali Abeysekera (bromley, uk) Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Inter Press Service BROMLEY, UK, Jul 19 (IPS) – Sri Lanka is officially bankrupt and a failed state in all but name. How did a country of 22 million people with a level of literacy on par with most of…

Achieving the SDGs in Extraordinary Times — Global Issues

Achieving the SDGs in Extraordinary Times — Global Issues

Woochong Um Opinion by Armida Alisjahbana – Woochong Um – Kanni Wignaraja (bangkok, thailand) Friday, July 15, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) – The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also marked the start of an unprecedented…

Why a Feudal Culture & Absence of Meritocracy Bankrupted a Nation — Global Issues

Grassroots Organizing Should Dump Biden and Clear Path for a Better Nominee in 2024 — Global Issues

Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Friday, July 15, 2022 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jul 15 (IPS) – Pundits are focused on Joe Biden’s tanking poll numbers, while progressives continue to be alarmed by his dismal job performance. Under the apt headline “President Biden Is Not Cutting the…

Why a Feudal Culture & Absence of Meritocracy Bankrupted a Nation — Global Issues

World Faces Cascading Crises Causing Profound Suffering & Multiple Famines — Global Issues

Opinion by UN SG (united nations) Thursday, July 14, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 (IPS) – In his opening address to the 2022 Ministerial meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, July 13-15.Our world is in deep trouble – and so too are…

News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars — Global Issues

News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars — Global Issues

Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm) Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Jul 13 (IPS) – Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.                                                     Michel de MontaigneDuring the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in their homes they watched with fear and…

A Future Horror and the Hope of the Present — Global Issues

A Future Horror and the Hope of the Present — Global Issues

Sandy Recinos Executive Secretary against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons (SVET) from Guatemala – Former congresswoman Rosi Orozco from México – Ann Basham Chief Executive Officer at Ascend Consulting, United States. Mobile Units for the Prevention of Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Human Trafficking “UNIVET”, which allows sharing information,…

The World is Burning. We Need a Renewables Revolution — Global Issues

The World is Burning. We Need a Renewables Revolution — Global Issues

Secretary-General António Guterres Opinion by Antonio Guterres (united nations) Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) – The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity and a livable planet lies in abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewables-based energy transition.Nero was famously…