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Gaza: Physicians Call For Unimpeded Aid To Restore Reproductive Healthcare
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, January 14 (IPS) - Israel must lift all restrictions on medicine, food and aid coming into Gaza, rights groups have demanded, as two reports released today (Jan 14) document how maternal and reproductive healthcare have been all but destroyed in the country.
Tracking the Invisible: Monitoring Air Pollution from Space
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, January 14 (IPS) - Take a deep breath. Did you know that in many countries in Asia and the Pacific, the air we breathe falls short of the safety standards for air quality set by the World Health Organization? While the start of a new year signals new beginnings, it also marks the continuation of the recurring air quality crisis across many countries in the region.
Richest 1% have Blown Through their Fair Share of Carbon Emissions for 2026 – in just 10 Days
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, January 13 (IPS) - The richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on the 3rd January.
Is the US Moving Towards the UN’s Exit Door?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, January 13 (IPS) - Judging by the mass US withdrawal from 66 UN entities, including UN conventions and international treaties*, is it remotely possible that the unpredictable Trump administration may one day decide to pull out of the UN, and force the Secretariat out of New York– despite the 1947 UN-US headquarters agreement?
Our New Colonial Era
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, January 12 (IPS) - We’re living in an age where the world is loudly proclaiming the death of empire, yet reproducing its structures. This is not nostalgia for colonial postcards — it’s a reinvention of foreign policy, international governance and global economic power that resembles colonial logic far more than it does meaningful cooperation.
Importing Empire: Why America’s Legacy of Dehumanization in Foreign Wars Is Now a Reality at Home
- Inter Press Service
BORDEAUX, France, January 12 (IPS) - Before military aid is appropriated, troops deployed, or bombs dropped, the United States lays the groundwork for its political violence by first stripping adversaries of their humanity. Diplomacy is sidelined, legal restraints are treated as inconveniences, and profit is valued over human life. This machinery of dehumanization, imposed around the world for decades and honed in Gaza the past three years, has now returned home, turned inward against Americans by the elected officials and systems meant to protect them.
Natural Restoration Recovers Lagoon and Environmental Justice in Brazil: VIDEO
- Inter Press Service
NITERÓI, Brazil, January 9 (IPS) - “We moved from a context of socio-environmental exclusion to one of environmental justice,” said Dionê Castro, coordinator of the Sustainable Oceanic Region Program which led Brazil’s largest nature-based solutions project.
A Year of High Expectations and Frustrations
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, January 8 (IPS) - As many of you know, out of the blue, I have been called in to assist the Interim Government led by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus in stabilising the economy left in ruins by the fallen autocratic-kleptocratic regime that looted the banks, stole public money and robbed small investors in the capital market to siphon off billions of dollars out of the country. I had never served in a government; neither had I ever expected this opportunity. However, my UN experience and political economy understanding have been handy.
Consent Ignored, Convictions Rare: Pakistan’s Courts Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, January 8 (IPS) - As 2026 dawns, women in Pakistan are left grappling with a stark reality: rape and marital rape continue to be misinterpreted by judges in the country’s highest courts.
Bombing and Ballots, Myanmar’s Contentious Election
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, Myanmar and BANGKOK , January 6 (IPS) - With thousands of civilians killed in years of civil war and over 22,000 political prisoners still behind bars, no one was surprised that early results from Myanmar’s first but tightly controlled elections since the 2021 coup show the military’s proxy party speeding to victory.
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