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How Artificial Intelligence Could Widen Gap Between Rich & Poor Nations
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 08 (IPS) - New technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robotics, big data, and networks are expected to revolutionize production processes, but they could also have a major impact on developing economies.
Urgently Needed Deficit Financing No Excuse for More Fiscal Abuse
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Dec 08 (IPS) - Fiscal and monetary measures needed to fight the economic downturn, largely due to COVID-19 policy responses, require more government accountability and discipline to minimise abuse. Such measures should ensure relief for the vulnerable, prevent recessions from becoming depressions, and restore progress.
A UN Power Monopoly That Cries Out for a Break
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 07 (IPS) - Will four strong contenders for permanent seats in the UN Security Council (UNSC)-- Germany, India, Japan and Brazil—help break the monopoly now being held by the big five, namely the US, UK, France, China and Russia?
Choice and Opportunity for African Farmers Will Transform Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Dec 07 (IPS) -
A hungry man is not a free man. He cannot focus on anything else but securing his next meal.
So proclaimed the late Kofi Annan.Mexico Sticks to Natural Gas, Despite Socioenvironmental Impacts
- Inter Press Service
Mexico City, Dec 07 (IPS) - In his community of small farmers and ranchers in northern Mexico, Aristeo Benavides has witnessed the damage caused by the natural gas industry, which has penetrated collectively owned landholdings, altering local communities' way of life and forms of production.
Bidens Opportunity To End Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 07 (IPS) - Recently I had an opportunity to brief a group of European diplomats and journalists on a variety of conflicts, with a focus on the Middle East. During the Q&A I was asked which of the region’s conflicts Biden should tackle first.
When Big Powers Clash, the UNs Most Powerful Body Disappears
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 04 (IPS) - At the height of the Cold War back in the 1960s, a Peruvian diplomat, Dr. Victor Andres Belaunde, characterized the United Nations as a politically wobbly institution that survives only at the will-- and pleasure-- of the five big powers.
Misinformation on Social Media Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy: a Global Study Shows the Link
- Inter Press Service
Dec 04 (IPS) - Vaccine hesitancy is a severe threat to global health, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The term refers to the delay in acceptance or the refusal of vaccines, despite the availability of vaccination services. It’s a serious risk to the people who aren’t getting vaccinated as well as the wider community.
Nigerian Focus Group Reveals Why Ending Gender-Based Violence is Necessary
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Dec 04 (IPS) - Every year, the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence begins on November 25 and ends December 10. The theme of this year’s activism is "Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!"
Persons With Disabilities Among Worst Affected by Coronavirus
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec 04 (IPS) - The UN commemorated International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3. In his message for the Day, the Secretary-General noted that when crises such as COVID-19 grip communities, persons with disabilities are among the worst affected.
The 13th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) that was initially supposed to be held in New York back in June recently wrapped up with the final session coinciding with the International Day of People with Disabilities, whose theme, this year was on the issue of building back better inclusively.
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