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Mexico’s Methane Emissions Threaten the Environment
- Inter Press Service
New Neocon Mantra: Iran, like Soviet Union, on Verge of Collapse
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 07 (IPS) - Iran hawks suddenly have a new mantra: the Islamic Republic is the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, and the Trump administration should work to hasten the regime's impending collapse.
Climate Change-Poverty-Migration: The New, Inhuman ‘Bermuda Triangle’
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 07 (IPS) - World organisations, experts and scientists have been repeating it to satiety: climate change poses a major risk to the poorest rural populations in developing countries, dangerously threatening their lives and livelihoods and thus forcing them to migrate.
G20’s Record Does Not Inspire Hope
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 07 (IPS) - The G20 leaders meeting in Hamburg, Germany, on 7-8 July comes almost a decade after the grouping's elevation to meeting at the heads of state/government level. Previously, the G20 had been an informal forum of finance ministers and central bank governors from advanced and emerging economies created in 1999 following the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis.
An African Atlas for Youth and Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 07 (IPS) - As its population changes, Africa has the potential to transform its society into one that is productive and prosperous, according to a new report.
Death Toll Rises in the Mediterranean Sea as EU Turns Its Back
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) - The failure of European Union (EU) to buckle up safety for migrants and refugees reaching its shore has been condemned by Amnesty International in a report today.
“Long March to Justice”: Appointed Judge to Investigate Syrian War Crimes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) - A former French judge has been appointed as the head of an independent team tasked with investigating war crimes in Syria.
UN Needs a 21st Century Development System
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) - Allow me first of all to express my deep gratitude to all the colleagues that have worked hard – in the Secretariat, in the Agencies, Funds and Programmes – to allow for this report to be ready on time. And to the leader of the team – the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed – who has been not only the inspiration, but also the centre of management and strength to make things happen, and to make things happen with the required ambition and with the required detail.
U.S. “Dumping” Dark Meat Chicken on African Markets
- Inter Press Service
MPUMALANGA, South Africa, Jul 06 (IPS) - The United States and Europe's preference for white meat is hurting Africa's poultry industry, says Luc Smalle, manager at the agro firm Rossgro in South Africa's Mpumalanga area.
Mideast: Water Use Innovations ‘Crucial’ to Face Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 05 (IPS) - In the Near East and North Africa region, the per capita renewable water availability is around 600 cubic metres per person per year --only 10 per cent of the world average- and drops to just 100 cubic metres in some countries, the United Nations warned.
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