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In His Fight Against WHO, Trump Plays Politics with Human Lives
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 (IPS) - President Donald Trump's threat to abruptly cut all US funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) has been described as "reckless and deadly"—particularly at a time when the Geneva-based UN agency was engaged in an uphill battle against the spreading coronavirus.
The COVID-19 Cash Crisis: Will the UN Cease to Exist?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 15 (IPS) - The coronavirus pandemic has set off an unprecedented institutional crisis at the United Nations – funds are drying up, key meetings are cancelled and the world body is fighting for its future.
India Liberalises Abortion Law but Social Stigma Pushes Vulnerable Women to Unsafe Abortions
- Inter Press Service
NEW DEHLI, Apr 14 (IPS) - Arti Zodpe is from the Tamasha (folk dance-drama) theatre in Sangli, in India's Maharashtra state. After evening performances, some of the singers and dancers offer sex work services to the audience.
Bridging the Gap between Hunger & Food Waste During a Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Apr 14 (IPS) - On March 12, the first email came in. An email from a boutique hotel that said they needed to postpone their apron order. The hotel had decided to put a hold on all non-essential spending until everything was, according to them, back to normal.
Vietnam Winning New War Against Invisible Enemy
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 14 (IPS) - Vietnam, just south of coastal China, is the 15th most populous country in the world with 97 million people.According to its Ministry of Health (MoH), as of 13 April, there were 262 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 144 recovering or discharged from hospitals, and no deaths.
Q&A: How to #BeActive during COVID-19 Lockdown
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 13 (IPS) - Growing up in Ramallah in Palestine, Maher Nasser, Director of Outreach Division at the United Nations Department of Global Communications, never really liked running. "I only ran when I needed to: to catch a bus or to run from soldiers," he tells IPS. But now with three marathons under his belt -- which raised thousands for scholarships for Palestinian women's education -- Nasser is still running, albeit on his balcony.
Debunking 9 Popular Myths Doing the Rounds in Africa About the Coronavirus
- Inter Press Service
Apr 13 (IPS) - In the second week of March the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. By mid-March the disease had spread rapidly in many countries around the world.
Time to Raise the Ambition for Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Apr 13 (IPS) - In recent days we have seen the understandable decision reached to postpone the UN climate change conference – COP26 – which was due to take place this November. As the world reels from the widespread impacts of the coronavirus crisis, it is the right call.
Bioenergy, the Ugly Duckling of Mexico's Energy Transition
- Inter Press Service
OAXACA, Mexico, Apr 10 (IPS) - Rosa Manzano carefully arranges pieces of wood in a big mud igloo that, seven days after it is full, will produce charcoal of high caloric content.
Hegemony Shift in Times of COVID-19
- Inter Press Service
BARCELONA, Apr 10 (IPS) - We have long speculated on the moment when the shift of global leadership from the United States to China would take place. From Washington to Beijing for the political power, from New York to Shanghai for the economic one. It seems that we are witnessing it now.
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