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Opinion by Anis Chowdhury (dhaka, bangladesh) Thursday January 8, 2026 Inter-Press Office DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan 8 (IPS) – As many of you know, I have been called in out of the blue to help the interim government led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus stabilize the economy that is in ruins under the fallen autocratic-kleptocratic […]
The UN report, released last month, calls for a fundamental recalibration of global security and development strategies, prioritizing diplomacy and international cooperation to reverse the current trend of rising military spending. Credit: UNDP Opinion by Alice Slater (New York) Tuesday January 6, 2026 Inter-Press Office Alice Slater serves on the boards of World BEYOND War […]
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Tuesday January 6, 2026 Inter-Press Office KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 6 (IPS) – While US President Donald Trump has blamed the BRICS and foreign investors for de-dollarization, his rhetoric, actions and policies are mainly responsible for the recent acceleration of the trend. Jomo Kwame Sundaram Threats and […]
Pro-Democratic demonstrators gather in front of the Sudanese army headquarters in the capital Khartoum. Credit: Masarib/Ahmed Bahhar via UN News Opinion by Robert Misik (Vienna, Austria) Monday January 5, 2026 Inter-Press Office VIENNA, Austria, Jan 5 (IPS) – Think of our political systems not just as battlefields of passions, ideologies and economic interests, but as […]
Security Council meets to discuss threats to international peace and security. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten by Cecilia Russel (united nations and johannesburg) Monday January 5, 2026 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS & JOHANNESBURG, Jan 5 (IPS) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern about Venezuela’s immediate future. In a statement read by the Under-Secretary-General […]
Credit: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images Opinion by inés m. pousadela (Montevideo, Uruguay) Saturday December 27, 2025 Inter-Press Office MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec 27 (IPS) – Hours before world leaders gathered in Johannesburg for the 2025 G20 summit in November, hundreds of South African women in black spent 15 minutes in a city park – one for every […]
Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (Toronto, Canada) Monday December 22, 2025 Inter-Press Office TORONTO, Canada, Dec 22 (IPS) – Our traditional ‘year-end’ typically begins with a grim litany of global disasters and crises from the past twelve months, highlights IPS partners and contributors and culminates in a more positive-sounding finale. This time I want to […]
Credit: Annegret Hilse/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by inés m. pousadela (Montevideo, Uruguay) Wednesday December 17, 2025 Inter-Press Office MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec 17 (IPS) – Machines without a conscience make split-second decisions about who lives and who dies. This isn’t dystopian fiction; it is today’s reality. In Gaza, algorithms have generated killing lists of up […]
Sahrawi refugees walk near the Awserd refugee camp in Algeria’s Tindouf province. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Umar Manzoor Shah (Srinagar, India) Tuesday December 16, 2025 Inter-Press Office SRINAGAR, India, Dec 16 (IPS) – The global refugee system is entering a period of great tension. The delivery of protection and aid is undergoing a transformation […]
A snowy Christmas could be forgotten in many places if we do not avoid serious climate change. Credit: Shutterstock Opinion by Philippe Benoit (Washington DC) Monday December 15, 2025 Inter-Press Office WASHINGTON DC, Dec 15 (IPS) – As Christmas draws closer, one song is ringing the airwaves in the United States and elsewhere: White Christmas. […]
