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BRAC celebrates 50 years: A case for social development founded and led by the Global South
- Inter Press Service
New York, Jul 13 (IPS) - The success of BRAC in Bangladesh highlights the significance of development initiatives led by the Global South to eradicate poverty.
News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Jul 13 (IPS) - During the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in their homes they watched with fear and fascination how the pandemic swept over the world, while comparing numbers of affected people and the death-toll in different countries. Watching COVID’s rampage became a kind of horror show. However, already after a few months with death-tolls rising and isolation not being over anytime soon, psychological fatigue set in. Judging from media coverage it now appears as if the pandemic finally is over, which is far from being the case.
Income-based Solutions Paramount for Addressing Food Insecurity - Experts
- Inter Press Service
Ottawa, Jul 12 (IPS) - Lisa Argiropulos, a single mother of two teenage sons and a resident of Ottawa, Ontario, has been facing food insecurity since 2016, after an accident that left her with chronic pain and disabilities.
Entrepreneurship Blooms in Villages Bordering Pakistan Desert
- Inter Press Service
RAHIM YAR KHAN, Pakistan, Jul 12 (IPS) - Villagers living with a desert at their doorstep in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province are finding life more bountiful thanks to recent training on how to use their smartphones to buy, sell and gather information.
The World is Burning. We Need a Renewables Revolution
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) - Nero was famously accused of fiddling while Rome burned. Today, some leaders are doing worse. They are throwing fuel on the fire. Literally.
Aid for Power in New Cold War
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 12 (IPS) - Long a means for powerful nations to influence developing countries, development finance has gained renewed significance in the new Cold War. Unlike during the US-Soviet Cold War, the rivalry now is between mixed market capitalist systems.
Recalling Shinzo Abe with Respect
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Jul 11 (IPS) - Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Japan, has died. It was a murder caused by a personal grudge rather than political terrorism. And it was not a direct grudge against Mr. Abe. A religious group had supported Mr. Abe, and a murderer with a grudge against the religious group killed him. Murders targeting politicians are often related to political messages or claims. This is a very unique case in that the murder was committed out of a personal grudge, not against the individual for what he did, but against the organization that supported the individual.
Narrow Valuation of Nature is Widening Biodiversity Loss
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Jul 11 (IPS) - Nature has diverse values for different people, but it is poorly evaluated, and this is driving the global biodiversity crisis, top scientists say in a new report.
UN report: Value of nature must not be overridden by pursuit of short-term profit
- UN News
The values that we ascribe to nature are vital parts of our cultures, identities, economies, and ways of life, all of which should be reflected in policy decisions surrounding our natural world, according to a new UN-backed report released on Monday.
World population to reach 8 billion this year, as growth rate slows
- UN News
15 November 2022 is predicted to be the day that the global population reaches eight billion. The projection is revealed in the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 report, which also shows that India is on course to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023.
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