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World Running Out of Time to Save Oceans
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 07 (IPS) - The United Nations is posting a new environmental warning: the world is running out of time to prevent the gradual degradation of the world's oceans and the widespread destruction of marine life.
Opinion: Short-Term Goals are the Key to an Effective Climate Treaty
- Inter Press Service
Opinion: Paris Will Be Make or Break for the Planet
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Sep 05 (IPS) - December 2015 will define the course of humanity's survival at the crunch U.N. climate conference in Paris, known in technical jargon as the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21).
Opinion: Nuclear States Do Not Comply with the Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Inter Press Service
OXFORD, Sep 05 (IPS) - Article Six of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) makes it obligatory for nuclear states to get rid of their nuclear weapons as part of a bargain that requires the non-nuclear states not to acquire nuclear weapons. Apart from the NPT provisions, there have been a number of other rulings that have reinforced those requirements.
Q&A: “We Must Put Everything Aside and Just Focus on Water”
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sep 04 (IPS) - Globally, more than 748 million people do not have access to safe drinking water. That is more than double the population of the entire United States.
Crisis in Brazil Hampers Infrastructure under Construction
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 04 (IPS) - Besides suffering from macroeconomic imbalances, like a drop in GDP, a high inflation rate and a large public deficit, Brazil is experiencing heavy losses as many oil industry and logistical works grind to a halt.
Opinion: Iran and the Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Inter Press Service
OXFORD, Sep 04 (IPS) - Iran's nuclear programme has been the target of a great deal of misinformation, downright lies and above all myths. As a result, it is often difficult to unpick truth from falsehood.
Migrants Waiting Their Moment in the Moroccan Mountains
- Inter Press Service
CEUTA, Sep 04 (IPS) - In the middle of the mountains behind the border fence of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in Morocco, and eight kilometres from the nearest Moroccan village of Fnideq, an uncertain number of migrants live in the woods. No one knows exactly how many they are but charity workers in Melilla, Spain's other enclave in Morocco, say they could be in their thousands.
European Residents Offer Support, Homes to Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 03 (IPS) - As the migration crisis in Europe continues to grow and government response remains slow, European citizens have taken it upon themselves to act by opening up their homes to those in need.
Europe Invaded Mostly by “Regime Change” Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 03 (IPS) - The military conflicts and political instability driving hundreds of thousands of refugees into Europe were triggered largely by U.S. and Western military interventions for regime change – specifically in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria (a regime change in-the-making).
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