Two much-needed Reforms it Should Drive — Global Issues
Credit: IMF Opinion by Danny Bradlow (pretoria, south africa) Monday, May 13, 2024 Inter Press Service During its G20 presidential year, South Africa will host a summit of heads of state and government. It will also be responsible for organising and chairing about 200 meetings of ministers and officials. These will come from the G20 members, More...
Duke students walk out of Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech amid wave of graduation anti-war protests
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was met with a wave of boos Sunday when students at Duke University in North Carolina walked out just before his commencement speech, the latest in a wave of anti-war protests that took More...
Safeguarding a mother tongue and mother nature — Global Issues
Even though both Nami and Tomoyuki were born on Okinoerabu Island (currently home to only 12,000 inhabitants), neither learned to speak Shimamuni – a local variety of the Kunigami language – fluently as More...
Demonstrations continue at universities across the country during weekend commencement ceremonies
Demonstrations continued and new encampments were erected at universities across the country as commencement ceremonies took place Saturday following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have led to nearly More...
Coordination, convergence and change from the grass roots up — Global Issues
Those are the questions that UN agencies on the ground in Madagascar are considering as the island nation struggles against climate change, huge humanitarian needs and persistent underdevelopment. UNICEF’s More...
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un supervises latest test of new rocket launcher
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test firing of a new multiple rocket launch system the country plans to deploy to its forces starting this year, state media said Saturday, part of its move More...
The World Must Not Abandon the Mothers of Gaza — Global Issues
Natalia Kanem Opinion by Natalia Kanem 2 (united nations) Friday, May 10, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 10 (IPS) – Today, as millions of children and families celebrate their mothers, More...
Israel will stand alone, Netanyahu says after Biden threat to pause weapons over Rafah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly vowed his country would “stand alone” if its closest ally followed through on threats to suspend arms shipments over a full-scale invasion of Rafah, More...
Inclusivity, Impact, and Innovation Needed to Meet SDGs, UN Civil Society Conference Hears — Global Issues
The United Nations Office at Nairobi is hosting the 2024 United Nations Civil Society Conference on May 9 and 10, under the theme Shaping a Future of Global and Sustainable Progress. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by More...
The Bleak déjà vu in Darfur — Global Issues
Food is distributed to Sudanese refugees in Koufron, Chad. Credit: WFP/Jacques David Opinion by James Elder (darfur, western sudan) Thursday, May 09, 2024 Inter Press Service DARFUR, Western Sudan, May 09 More...
