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Stronger UN Leadership Needed to Cope with Coronavirus Threat
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24 (IPS) - The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is hard to predict as events are still unfolding, and estimates vary dramatically. UNCTAD estimates lost output in the order of US$1 trillion, just over a third of Bloomberg's expectation of US$2.7 trillion in losses. The OECD expects global economic growth to halve from already anaemic levels.
White Supremacists, Yellow Peril & “Chinese Virus” Add to a Volatile Mix
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 24 (IPS) - When US President Donald Trump repeatedly characterized the fast-spreading COVID-19 as a "Chinese virus" last week, it prompted some white supremacists to resurrect an age old ethnic slur against Chinese and East Asians: the "Yellow Peril" which, in a bygone era, was touted as a xenophobic threat to the Western world.
Fisherfolk Fix Both Food and Climate by Closing Fishing Grounds
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Mar 23 (IPS) - Samsul sounded very happy last Monday (Mar. 16) when recounting his experience of catching crabs worth more than $60 in a single day.
Air Pollution: A Problem We Can Solve in Our Lifetime
- Inter Press Service
MUMBAI, India, Mar 23 (IPS) - Over the past few years, worsening air quality in India—and in north India specifically—has awakened policy makers and civil society to take urgent action.
Fighting Coronavirus: It’s Time to Invest in Universal Public Health
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK and LONDON, Mar 23 (IPS) - Austerity policies pushed by international financial institutions have weakened public health systems, despite current financial support packages, condemning many people to die.
Women & Climate: Planting a Global Forest in a Connected World
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK and TORONTO, Mar 23 (IPS) - In January of this year, Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, shocked much of the world when they announced they would be stepping down from their roles as senior royals.
Lessons from Nigeria in Responding to Coronavirus
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Mar 20 (IPS) - Coronavirus is now a pandemic and the World Health Organization considers Europe as its new epicenter. Italy, Spain and France are on lockdown and several nations are banning travelers from countries where cases are on the rise.
Thirsting for Water Security?
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Germany, Mar 20 (IPS) - Water is essential and indispensable for life on earth. We know that; and many of us have perhaps heard, written and uttered these words themselves a ‘million' times.
Harassment of Journalists Jeopardises Keeping Public Safe amid Coronavirus Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Mar 20 (IPS) - Growing intimidation and repression of journalists reporting on the coronavirus is threatening public health in some countries, press freedom monitors have warned.
Never Give up on Women’s Rights – Edna Ismail
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 20 (IPS) - For Dr Edna Adan Ismail maternal health and midwifery is deeply personal. In an interview with Women Deliver Young Leader Musu Bakoto Sawo, Ismail recalls her mother's devasting experiences which impacted on her own life's choices.
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