Opinion by Michelle Belisle (noumea, new caledonia)Monday, January 25, 2021Inter Press ServiceNOUMEA, New Caledonia, Jan 25 (IPS) - In 2019, the...
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Humanitarians seek $1.3 billion to help millions in war-weary Afghanistan. Homes for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan....
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia)Tuesday, January 19, 2021Inter Press ServiceKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 19 (IPS) - Covid-19 infection...
A Chinese backed solar plant in Cafayate, northern Argentina. Such projects would be given the green light by regulators under...
China Accused of Intimidating, Detaining Citizens Critical of COVID-19 Linked Abuses — Global Issues
Social distancing in a Macau Hospital waiting room. Human Rights Watch has expressed concern about human rights abuses being carried...
At a COVID-19 sample collection centre in a Rohingya refugee camp, a healthcare professional takes a swab from a Rohingya...
Sudip Ranjan BasuOpinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu (bangkok, thailand)Thursday, January 07, 2021Inter Press ServiceBANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 07 (IPS) - As...
Only positive discrimination can help persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups to access to the job market. Credit: UNDP,...
by Mariya Salim (new delhi, india)Tuesday, December 22, 2020Inter Press ServiceNEW DELHI, India, Dec 22 (IPS) - The court victory...
Credit: IPSOpinion by Rabiya Jaffery (amman, jordan)Monday, December 21, 2020Inter Press ServiceAMMAN, Jordan, Dec 21 (IPS) - Anas Shaikh is...
Opinion by Saeda Bilkis Bani (dhaka, bangladesh)Monday, December 21, 2020Inter Press ServiceDHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 21 (IPS) - I recently visited...
A saffron farmer in Kashmir poses with saffron crocus flowers. The most expensive spice in the world is derived from...
Shkula Zadran, Afghanistan’s Youth Representative to the United Nations, addresses U.N. Security Council. She said her generation have been the...
Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed receiving credentials from newly Appointed UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident...
Farmers in Indonesia’s West Java province. Indonesia’s agriculture sector is facing two major issues – decreases in both the number...
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand)Thursday, December 10, 2020Inter Press ServiceBANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 10 (IPS) - The Pacific Island...
Banner of Depok City elections commission calls on residents to vote for mayor 9 Dec 2020. Top middle line in...
Tuesday, December 01, 2020Inter Press ServiceDec 01 (IPS) - Pacific Governments, agencies, donors and civil society now have a central...
Only 35.6 percent of all enrolled children received some kind of learning materials or activities from their teachers. | Picture...
The development of a 5-star hotel on ancestral lands of the Mro indigenous community in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh could...