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World Cup Preparation Scores a Goal against the Environment
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, June 15 (IPS) - The construction of an elevated pedestrian bridge connecting central and southern Mexico City –one of roughly 2,000 urban works tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, began last October, and, with only days to go before the tournament’s kickoff, remains unfinished.
How the G7 Can Reset Global Finance
- Inter Press Service
When G7 leaders arrive in Evian-les-Bains this month, France will host more than another summit. It will host a test of whether rich-country coordination can still solve problems that no country can manage alone. Aid budgets are shrinking, debt-service bills are crowding out investment, climate shocks are damaging infrastructure, and private capital remains scarce and expensive where it is needed most.
Chatbots & AI Companions: From Science Fiction to Everyday Reality
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, June 15 (IPS) - AI chatbots and AI companions designed to simulate human-like conversation and provide relationships and companionship through generative artificial intelligence (AI) have rapidly evolved from science fiction into everyday reality.
Erdoğan’s Race to Avoid Orbán’s Fate
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 15 (IPS) - When Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost by a landslide to a unified opposition in April, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was watching. The lesson he drew was not that he should be more moderate; it was that he needed to crack down harder. He had already arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)’s leading presidential contender, in March 2025. After Orbán’s defeat, he has accelerated his campaign to fracture the opposition and rewrite the rules before the next election in 2028.
Nuclear Nonproliferation Outcomes Stall in Backdrop of Geopolitical Strife
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, June 15 (IPS) - On principle, the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons is an issue that unites the international community. But for a select few states, these principles came with conditions and a refusal to compromise on their security strategy.
Triple climate threats affect nearly half the world’s children
- UN News
Drought, extreme heat and heatwaves are the most prevalent trio of hazards endangering millions of children globally, warned a newly released climate report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
World News in Brief: Risky return home in Lebanon, displacement in Gaza, emergency funding for Somalia
- UN News
Despite the agreement announced on Sunday between the United States and Iran, displaced people in Lebanon continue to face difficulties in returning to their communities, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported.
WHO commends Uganda’s Ebola response, urges vigilance and regional cooperation
- UN News
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has praised Uganda’s response to an Ebola outbreak that has spread from neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while warning that continued vigilance and cross-border cooperation will be critical to stopping transmission.
WHO and Brazil urge world leaders to finalise Pandemic Agreement to prevent future global health crises
- UN News
Global officials are calling on world leaders to finalise a crucial international agreement aimed at preventing future pandemics, according to a joint letter issued on Monday.
Sudan civilians trapped by fear, disappearance and detention: rights experts
- UN News
As Sudan’s conflict enters a fourth year, civilians are increasingly trapped not only by frontline violence but by fear, disappearance and detention, according to an update by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan to the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.
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