India farmers block railway tracks, roads in national action against new laws
Author: AFP ID: 1607422141633759000 Tue, 2020-12-08 10:04 NEW DELHI: Railway tracks and highways were blocked across India as farmers launched a national day of...
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Nigerian Focus Group Reveals Why Ending Gender-Based Violence is Necessary
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Misinformation on Social Media Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy: a Global Study Shows the Link
Dec 04 (IPS) – Vaccine hesitancy is a severe threat to global health, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The term refers to...
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 04 (IPS) – At the height of the Cold War back in the 1960s, a Peruvian diplomat, Dr. Victor Andres Belaunde,...
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NEW YORK, Dec 07 (IPS) – Recently I had an opportunity to brief a group of European diplomats and journalists on a variety of...
Mexico Sticks to Natural Gas, Despite Socioenvironmental Impacts
Mexico City, Dec 07 (IPS) – In his community of small farmers and ranchers in northern Mexico, Aristeo Benavides has witnessed the damage caused...
Choice and Opportunity for African Farmers Will Transform Africa
NAIROBI, Dec 07 (IPS) – A hungry man is not a free man. He cannot focus on anything else but securing his next meal....
A UN Power Monopoly That Cries Out for a Break
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