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Youth embody ‘spirit’ of 21st century more than parents, new survey shows
- UN News
Even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and other global challenges, children and youth are nearly 50 per cent more likely than older people to believe that the world is becoming a better place, according to the results of a landmark intergenerational poll published on Thursday.
New Report Exposes America’s Color-Blind Legal System
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 17 (IPS) - Once again, the U.S. faces a test case along racial lines. Will the courts mete out justice in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by three white men while jogging in Georgia?
Anxiety in Afghanistan as Taliban struggles for legitimacy
- UN News
Despite a crisis of trust both within the country and abroad, three months after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, it is taking halting steps to pursue international legitimacy, a senior UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Double Solution to Ongoing Food and Climate Crises
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 17 (IPS) - For the last ten years, Angeline Wanjira’s food stall at Kirigiti Market in Kiambu County has featured the same foods, cabbages, potatoes and carrots, keeping with the community’s most preferred food types.
Completion of Somalia elections more important than ever: UN envoy
- UN News
Although progress has been made in Somalia’s electoral process, it has been slow and uneven, the UN Special Representative for the country said in a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.
Antimicrobial Resistance Calls for Brainpower of a Space Agency and Campaigning Zeal of an NGO
- Inter Press Service
Nov 17 (IPS) - The cost of infectious diseases is somewhere between staggering and incalculable. Around $8 trillion and 156 million life years were lost in 2016 alone. Throughout human history, pestilences have wiped out more lives than famine and violence.
Why Covid-19 Misinformation Works
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Nov 17 (IPS) - At the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro used his allotted time at the podium to recount his views on Covid-19. He extolled the virtues of treatments that have been rejected by scientists and proclaimed that he had benefitted from the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.
WHO and partners unite for Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination
- UN News
With more than 300,000 women dying from cervical cancer each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is joining advocates from across the globe on Wednesday to commemorate a Day of Action against the disease.
UN backs plans to ensure regular, healthy school meals for every child in need by 2030
- UN News
Following pandemic-driven school closures, five UN agencies threw their strong support behind an international coalition to improve the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world.
The Squid Game: The Story about Losers in the Shadow of Glory
- Inter Press Service
Seoul, Nov 16 (IPS) - Immediately after its release, the Squid Game went viral, grabbing the attention of the world's entertainment stage. The grotesque and hyper-violent thriller has reportedly become Netflix's biggest show, the world's most-watched and the most-talked-about streaming entertainment. Is it a case of art imitating life?
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