Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements — Global Issues

Animals are Core to Pandemic Prevention We Must Strengthen Their Defences — Global Issues

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Opinion by Carel du Marchie Sarvaas (brussels) Tuesday, July 05, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jul 05 (IPS) – The writer is executive director of HealthforAnimals, the global animal health association   World Zoonoses Day, which will be commemorated on July 6, celebrates the success of the first vaccine which was…

Why We Need a Digital Safe Space for LGBTQ Youth Thoughts from Asian Teens — Global Issues

Why We Need a Digital Safe Space for LGBTQ Youth Thoughts from Asian Teens — Global Issues

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Students from a GSA-based primarily in Gyeonggi-do have a Lesbian Visibility Week meeting to discuss the role of GSAs in creating a supportive community for LGBTQ people. Opinion by Chaeeun Shin – Junwoo Na – Minchae Kang (seoul & nonthaburi, thailand) Monday, July 04, 2022 Inter Press Service Seoul & Nonthaburi,…

Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements — Global Issues

EUs Exclusionary Migration Policies Place People on the Move toward Europe at Greater Risk — Global Issues

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Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Monday, July 04, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jul 04 (IPS) – A mass attempt on June 24, 2022, of about 2000 African migrants to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 37 people dead. Several human rights…

The World Is Melting Down and the Cause is Corruption- The G20 Needs to Take Action — Global Issues

The World Is Melting Down and the Cause is Corruption- The G20 Needs to Take Action — Global Issues

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The G20 needs to strengthen regulatory authorities across its membership and expand sanctions for violating Anti-Money Laundering requirements. Opinion by Sanjeeta Pant, Blair Glencorse (washington dc) Friday, July 01, 2022 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jul 01 (IPS) – The G20 is meeting again next week in Indonesia for the second…

Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements — Global Issues

World Leaders Must Look at the Big Picture to Solve Food Crisis — Global Issues

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Opinion by Marco Ferroni (chicago, usa) Friday, July 01, 2022 Inter Press Service CHICAGO, USA, Jul 01 (IPS) – The writer is Chair of the CGIAR System Board From the worst drought in four decades threatening famine across the Horn of Africa to extreme heat in South Asia, the war in…

Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements — Global Issues

Older Persons as Agents of Development — Global Issues

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Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 29 (IPS) – Older persons are highly visible across Asia and the Pacific: they work in agricultural fields producing our food supplies, peddle their wares as street vendors, drive tuk-tuks and buses, exercise in…

Renewing the Promise of Justice for the Gravest Crimes — Global Issues

Renewing the Promise of Justice for the Gravest Crimes — Global Issues

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Peter Lewis Opinion by Peter Lewis (the hague, netherlands) Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Inter Press Service The HAGUE, Netherlands, Jun 29 (IPS) – The writer has been the Registrar of the International Criminal Court since April 2018.On 1 July 2022, the International Criminal Court (ICC) turns 20. The entry into force…