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Drone photo of nickel mine in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Courtesy of Gecko Project Opinion by Stephanie Dowlen (Malmö, Sweden) Thursday October 23, 2025 Inter-Press Office MALMO, Sweden, Oct 23 (IPS) – Even amid the regressive resistance of the current US governmentthe world is shifting to one green energy future. With governments promising to phase out fossil […]
Women’s rights have been steadily eroding in Afghanistan since 2021. Credit: UN Women | The recent power outage has shown how important the internet has become for Afghan women and how when that connection is lost, hope fades and isolation ensues. Opinion by UN Women (New York) Wednesday October 22, 2025 Inter-Press Office NEW YORK, […]
Higher incomes and fintech expansion fueled credit growth, even as monetary policy remained effective. Credit: IMF Opinion By Swarnali A. Theft, Daniel Leigh and Rui Xu (Washington DC) Tuesday October 21, 2025 Inter-Press Office WASHINGTON DC, Oct 21 (IPS) – At 15 percent, Brazil’s monetary policy rate (called Selic) is one of the highest among […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In 1992, Steven Patrick Morrissey, the lead singer of the seminal ’80s British band The Smiths, wrote a song called “We’ll Let You Know.” More than thirty years later, the sentiment gets the singer blacklisted and the message catches fire. Last month, Morrissey had two concerts canceled […]
Sheffield United have had a horror start to this season with Chris Wilder returning to the side despite being sacked just five months ago. Sheffield United’s season has started disastrously. SUFC find themselves at the foot of the Championship table, a shadow of the side that came so close to Premier League promotion last season. […]
If you watched college football on Saturday, you saw yet another series of misleading political ads urging you to call your local congressman and tell him to save college sports! The latter give the impression that women’s and Olympic sports are in trouble because having to pay athletes a salary will put their schools out […]
Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri (Tokyo) Friday October 10, 2025 Inter-Press Office TOKYO, Oct 10 (IPS) – The cinema hall of Tokyo’s Toda Peace Memorial Hall fell silent as the Kazakh filmmaker and human rights activist Aigerim Seitenova stepped forward in a black T-shirt and green skirt to introduce her 31-minute documentary, “Jara – Radioactive Patriarchy: […]
Opinion by Human Rights Watch (New York) Friday October 10, 2025 Inter-Press Office NEW YORK, Oct 10 (IPS) – Egypt and Vietnam are on course to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unqualified for membership. The UN General Assembly will elect the members of the UN’s top rights body […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump threatens important dismissals from federal employees, unless conversations aimed at ending the “Schumer Shutdown” showing some progress. They are not even close; As Senator John Kennedy placed on X: “You need an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of all the demands of the Senate […]
More women must play a role in shaping peace agreements, safety reforms and recovery plans after the conflict, told the Secretary-General António Guterres of the UN to the Security Council. Credit: UN News: UN News Opinion By Sima Bahous (United Nations)) Tuesday, October 7, 2025 Inter Press Service United Nations, October 7 (IPS) – We […]
