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COP25: UN Climate Change Conference, 5 Things You Need to Know
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (IPS) - Climate change is happening—the world is already 1.1°C warmer than it was at the onset of the industrial revolution, and it is already having a significant impact on the world, and on people's lives. And if current trends persist, then global temperatures can be expected to rise by 3.4 to 3.9°C this century, which would bring wide-ranging and destructive climate impacts.
Net Closes on Daphne Caruana Galizia's Killers, Sending a Powerful Signal of No Impunity for Corruption
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Nov 29 (IPS) - Press freedom campaigners and journalists in Malta are hoping they could soon see justice for murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia – and that a powerful message will be sent across Europe that a free press can deny corrupt officials the power to act with impunity
Did Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Bring Back a Polarising Wartime Figure?
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov 28 (IPS) - The Economist proclaimed recently that Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the man who, as secretary of defense, presided over this horrifying episode (the final phase of Sri Lanka's terrorist inspired internal conflict), has just been elected president of Sri Lanka.
Running from the Storm - How Bangladesh’s Climate Migrants are Becoming Food Secure
- Inter Press Service
BHOLA, Bangladesh, Nov 28 (IPS) - It was almost a decade ago when Ruma Begum and her family left their home in Bangladesh's coastal Tazumuddin upazila or sub-district and travelled some 50 km away to start a new life. They had been driven out of their home by an extreme and changing climate that has continued to ravage the district of Bhola.
Climate Change-Related New Record-Breaking Events: It’s Time to Think Outside the Box
- Inter Press Service
ILLINOIS, United States, Nov 28 (IPS) - Recently, Italy declared a State of Emergency because of record-breaking flooding while on 11 November, it did not rain anywhere on the continent of Australia, also breaking a record.
Bangladeshi Migrant Female Domestic Workers Face Violence
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 28 (IPS) - Millions of Bangladeshi women are facing violence either as domestic housemaids or as migrant workers in Gulf countries. A few days ago, a video in social media, secretly filmed by a Bangladeshi housemaid employed in Saudi Arabia, caught everyone's attention where she was helplessly crying and begging to be rescued from her abusive employer.
270 Million People are Migrants, Who Send Home a Staggering $689 Billion
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (IPS) - The number of international migrants in 2019 is now estimated at 270 million and the top destination remains the United States, at nearly 51 million, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday.
IDB Modernises Crucial Social and Environmental Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 27 (IPS) - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is in the process of modernising the social and environmental safeguards that govern the financing of projects considered vital for the construction of sustainable infrastructure in the Latin American region.
IEDs: Tackling Terrorists’ Weapon of War
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (IPS) - Some of the most memorable images of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, show her wearing a protective suit while touring a minefield in Angola in 1997 to raise awareness of the devastating effects of land mines.
Four Ways to Prevent Deaths from Lassa Fever
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nov 27 (IPS) - Wouter, a Dutch doctor who helped perform surgeries and train colleagues in surgical skills in underserved areas of Sierra Leone died of Lassa Fever. He was infected as a result of performing a Caesarean section on an infected pregnant woman.
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