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Wonder Woman Should STILL be a UN Ambassador
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 15 (IPS) - I realize it's a lot easier saying this now after the film of the same name has come out and has taken over $400 million in US box office receipts. It is at present taken the 8th most revenue for a super hero comic book ever.
Population Aging: Hallmark of the 21st Century
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 15 (IPS) - While rapid population growth may be the defining feature of the 20th century, with world population nearly quadrupling from 1.6 to 6.1 billion, the hallmark of the 21st century is likely to be population aging.
What Does “Climate-Smart Agriculture” Really Mean? New Tool Breaks It Down
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 14 (IPS) - A Trinidadian scientist has developed a mechanism for determining the degree of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) compliance with respect to projects, processes and products.
New Tool Separates Wheat from Chaff for Climate-Smart Ag Finance
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 14 (IPS) - Climate-smart agriculture seeks to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
Will Renewable Energies Finally Get Their Chance in Argentina?
- Inter Press Service
Yemen: African Migrants Beaten, Starved, Sexually Violated by Criminal Groups
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 14 (IPS) - African migrants who arrive on Yemen's shores --that's if they are not forced into the sea to drown—risk to fall in the hands of criminal networks who hold them captive for several days to extort money in exchange for their "freedom," according to UN sources.
One in 10 Displaced Syrians Returned Home
- Inter Press Service
ROME/GENEVA, Aug 14 (IPS) - This year alone, between January and July, 602,759 displaced Syrians returned home, according to reports from the UN Migration Agency and implementing partners on the ground. Around 6 million Syrians currently remain displaced within their own country.
Women Build Rural Infrastructure in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Aug 13 (IPS) - Breaking all the social barriers and taboos, poor women in Bangladesh are now engaged in rural development works across the country as labourers.
Promise or Peril? Africa’s 830 Million Young People by 2050
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Ghana / NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 11 (IPS) - Last month, Spanish charity workers rescued 167 migrants arriving from Africa aboard a small boat.
Smugglers Throw Hundreds of African Migrants Off Boats Headed to Yemen
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 11 (IPS) - A total of 300 migrants have reportedly been forced from boats over the past two days by smugglers off the coast of Yemen – many feared dead or missing, the United Nations migration agency has reported.
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