Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 246
Weaponizing Science in Global Food Policy
- Inter Press Service
SANTA CRUZ, California, Jun 25 (IPS) - In July, the United Nations will convene “Science Days”, a high-profile event in preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit later this year. Over the course of two days, the world will be treated to a parade of Zoom sessions aimed at “highlighting the centrality of science, technology and innovation for food systems transformation.”
The Creation of a Palestinian State Is Inescapable
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 25 (IPS) - Every Israeli will sooner than later realize that the creation of a Palestinian state is the only way by which Israel can protect its democracy, independence, national security and national Jewish identity. Denying Palestinian statehood defies Israel’s existence as we know it.
COVID-19 as Instigator of Bigotry, Chauvinism and Megalomania
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 24 (IPS) - A confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe By the end of April 2019, a government campaign to vaccinate more than 40 million children under five against polio in Pakistan was suspended after a series of attacks on health workers and police.
Maldives General Assembly Presidency Renews Hope for Small Island Developing States
- Inter Press Service
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Jun 23 (IPS) - Earlier this month, Abdulla Shahid, the Maldives’ foreign minister, was elected President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which commences in September.
Digital Media on the Frontline: Supporting the Ones who Support the Rest
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 22 (IPS) - For Dr Farzana Khan, a frontline worker and a second-generation immigrant from Pakistan living in California, social media helped her connect and realign herself during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Importance of Being Listed: Why Politics Threaten the Protection of Children in Armed Conflict
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 22 (IPS) - Frontline workers who document and respond to violations against children have faced a particularly challenging last year, from the impact of Covid-19 on operations and child protection to the record levels of displacement worldwide to the ever-worsening threats from militaries and non-state armed groups.
Boldly Finance Recovery to Build Forward Better
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 22 (IPS) - COVID-19 has become a “developing country pandemic”, retreating from the North’s mass vaccination. With developing countries heavily handicapped, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns of a “dangerous divergence”.
Canada Must Acknowledge its Problematic Bill 21
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 21 (IPS) - The June 5th attack on the Muslim family in London, Ontaria, has left many in Canada in a state of shock. A driver intentionally struck the Afzaal family while they were out for a stroll, killing four, because of their Islamic faith. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the killing, “a terrorist attack and a brazen act of violence.”
The Dictators Daughter or the Farmers Son?
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Peru, Jun 21 (IPS) - Peru’s first round of elections on 11 April saw voters choosing between 18 presidential candidates with no one candidate leading by an impressive margin.
Kuciak Case Retrial An Opportunity to Break Global Cycle of Impunity in Journalist Killings
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Jun 21 (IPS) - A ruling last week ordering a retrial in the murders of a Slovak journalist and his fiancée has led to a “unique” opportunity to break a global cycle of impunity in journalist killings, press freedom groups have said.
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