Innovative measures to address debt are required to help the world’s more than 100 middle-income countries expand their economies and exit the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Call for Political Belt-tightening to Prevent Drought Becoming the Next Pandemic
BHUBANESWAR, India, Jun 17 (IPS) – June 17 is World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. A new report shows that climate change, overuse...
The Caribbean Looks to Research for Answers to COVID-19, NCDs and Climate Change Challenges
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) – The Caribbean Public Health Agency is banking on high-quality research to inform policy, programming and clinical practice, amid...
Central Sahel: Ground Zero in Tackling Climate Change Through Education
NEW YORK, Jun 16 (IPS) – The climate crisis is amplifying the effects of instability and violence in the world’s poorest countries. Nowhere is...
Apocalypse Now? Christian Fundamentalists and COVID-19
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 17 (IPS) – Like most male Swedes of my age I had to enter obligatory military service for almost a...
Prison was Horrible but I Will Still do my Work as a Journalist – Jeffrey Moyo Upon Prison Release
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 16 (IPS) – International correspondent Jeffrey Moyo, who was a released from detention today after being arrested for breaching Zimbabwe’s Immigration...
Setting the Stage for Wars During a Global Pandemic
VANCOUVER, Canada, Jun 16 (IPS) – Looking through my emails for the last year, I was struck by how often the adjective “unprecedented” occurred....
Will a British ICC Chief Prosecutor be Brave Enough to Investigate UK & its Allies?
LONDON, Jun 17 (IPS) – The writer is Secretary General of Amnesty InternationalAs British barrister Karim Khan QC begins his term as ICC chief...
Migrants working away from their families made significant sacrifices to send money home last year as they did before COVID, UN chief António Guterres said on...
Although more companies are committing to respect human rights, gaps and challenges remain, UN experts said on Wednesday in assessing a decade of standards for business...
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