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The first Soviet nuclear test Joe 1 in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, August 29, 1949. Credit: CTBTO Opinion by John Burroughs (San Francisco, USA) Tuesday December 2, 2025 Inter-Press Office SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Dec 2 (IPS) – In a Truth Social post that reverberated around the world, President Donald Trump wrote on October 29: “Because of other […]
When the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to declare May 25 as World Football Day. Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday November 28, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) – The 193-member General Assembly, the UN’s highest policy-making body, routinely designates ‘International Days’ and ‘World Days’ on a […]
Local farmer plowing a field in Indonesia. Credit: Unsplash Opinion by Ana Carolina Avzaradel Glass (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Wednesday November 26, 2025 Inter-Press Office RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov 26 (IPS) – The UN climate talks at COP30 brought the crucial issue of climate finance back to the forefront of global discussions. However, while […]
Nigerians at a newsstand with headlines reflecting the Trump-Nigeria saga. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (Abuja, Nigeria) Wednesday November 26, 2025 Inter-Press Office ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov 26 (IPS) – Diplomatic ties between Nigeria and the US have deteriorated further after US President Donald Trump threatened “military” intervention over what some US lawmakers have called […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Credit: UN Photo/Gustavo Stephan | The Group of Twenty (G20) consists of 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and the United States) and two regional bodies: the European Union and the […]
Delegates met at the Global Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference in Brasilia ahead of the COP30 climate talks. Credit: 2025Clim-Eat/Flickr Opinion by Ana Maria Loboguerrero (Belgium, Brazil) Thursday November 20, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 20 (IPS) – The language of sustainability in agriculture changes with the seasons: from ‘climate-friendly’ to ‘regenerative’, ‘agroecological’ and ‘nature-positive’. Each […]
Mariann Bassey-Olsson of AFSA, left, and Prof. Ruth Hall of PLAAS Nigeria. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Isaiah Esipisu (Addis Ababa) Wednesday November 19, 2025 Inter-Press Office The idea of land abundance is a colonial fiction that refuses to die. Our research shows that Africa’s lands are already intensively used and highly valued by millions of […]
Artificial intelligence is changing the way students, teachers and creators interact with education across the continent. A new wave of AI innovation is transforming learning in countries across the African continent – from chat-based tutors to hybrid hubs and gamified farms. Credit: UNICEF | Through initiatives such as Digital Skills for Africa, Lumo Hubs and […]
Activists protest against the need to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius during COP30, Belém, Brazil. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (Belgium, Brazil) Tuesday November 18, 2025 Inter-Press Office We did not start this fire, but we will be handed the bill. The rich country’s bill. It’s time to pay it […]
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), briefs reporters on UNRWA’s services in the occupied Palestinian territories and on UNRWA’s ongoing operations. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday November 18, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 18 (IPS) […]
