Farm-Kids-Turned-Scientists Give Back on the Climate-Crisis Front Line — Global Issues
Dr Alice Karanja is a post-doctoral research fellow at the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya, where her research…
Peacekeepers turn ground-breakers in the Central African Republic — Global Issues
Operating an excavator, a bulldozer or a wheel loader did not come naturally to Chief Private Ryan Herdhika, an avid…
The vital role of Syrian women in resolving bitter conflicts — Global Issues
The protracted fighting has taken countless lives, displaced millions in and outside the country and left much of the country’s…
Artisanal Miners Ruining Already Diminishing Forests in Zimbabwe — Global Issues
Artisanal miners are cutting down trees to process gold and climate change experts are concerned about the forests. Credit: Jeffrey…
Will The Lettuce Outlast All This? — Global Issues
One third of all plastic waste ends up in soils or freshwater. Most of this plastic disintegrates into particles smaller…
War, Greed and Mass Manipulation — Global Issues
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Oct 26 (IPS) – In his treatise On…
How China Can Retire Coal Early in Pakistan and Elsewhere Through the BRI — Global Issues
Achieving the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires not only slowing new construction, but also retiring existing coal power…
Iranian Women Fight in the Streets, But Also from Home — Global Issues
Ammunition used by the Iranian secfurioty forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province during anti-regime protests. Credit: courtesy by Arina Moradi (copenhagen) Tuesday,…
Europe in Its Labyrinth — Global Issues
European Union leaders struggle to find solutions for the energy crisis. Credit: Bigstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, October 24, 2022…
UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls — Global Issues
“We have to walk for more than seven kilometres to find water, and sometimes what we find isn’t safe to…
‘How I became the first UN video game expert, and landed the best job in the world’ — Global Issues
“If you do something in a video game and then it appears in real life, you notice that you have…
Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda — Global Issues
The Congo-Rwanda border bustles with traders going between the two countries but is also a conduit for criminal syndicates to…
Saving Lives Cant Ever Be Divisive — Global Issues
Ship “Life Support” in the port of Genoa. Credit: Emergency by Elena Pasquini (rome) Thursday, October 20, 2022 Inter Press Service…
Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements on Water & Sanitation — Global Issues
Credit: United Nations Opinion by Manzoor Qadir, Guillaume Baggio (hamilton, canada) Thursday, October 20, 2022 Inter Press Service HAMILTON, Canada, Oct…
Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness — Global Issues
And the price of inaction and staying on the couch, will be severe, WHO said – around $27 billion in…
Farmers in Laos Imagine Improved Livelihoods Thanks to New Cross-border Links — Global Issues
Travelers await the Laos-China Railway. Credit: Bridget Dooley/IPS by Bridget Dooley (vientiane, laos) Tuesday, October 18, 2022 Inter Press Service VIENTIANE,…
Bangladesh Coastal People Turn to Digital Devices to Succeed against the Odds — Global Issues
Laboni Akhter works on a laptop in front of the digital service centre at Bawalkar village in Badarkhali, Barguna district,…
A new, financially independent life for former child brides in Mozambique — Global Issues
Teresa Gala is a 44-year-old mother of five. She was married at 14, and had to leave school because of…
5 ways to help countries cope with the climate crisis — Global Issues
All nations need to make major cuts to fossil fuel emissions and transition to a low-carbon economy, if we are…
Farmers in Bhutan Turn To Asparagus and Strawberries To Boost Incomes — Global Issues
Om, a homestay owner in Paro, is hoping to value add after growing strawberries in her small greenhouse. Credit: Chhimi…