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Damaturu, Yobe State, northeast of Nigeria. Credit: UN Women Opinion by Zuzana Schwidrowski (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Thursday February 19, 2026 Inter-Press Office ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb 19 (IPS) – Africa is home to approximately 160 million adolescent girls between the ages of 10 and 19 (according to 2022 data from the United Nations Population Division). […]
Priority reforms include improving childcare, recalibrating social transfers and closing wage gaps. Credit: IMF Opinion by Bunyada Laoprapassorn (Washington DC) Wednesday February 18, 2026 Inter-Press Office WASHINGTON DC, Feb 18 (IPS) – When Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to 5.2 percent in November 2025 – the lowest in a quarter of a century – it marked […]
Ex-Mercedes design boss Gorden Wagner discovers a ‘Red Pig’ reboot. The original AMG sedan took second place at the 1971 Spa 24 Hours. The spectacular tribute will likely remain a one-off effort. Mercedes bought a majority stake in AMG in 1999 before becoming a wholly owned subsidiary six years later. However, the company had been […]
A female merchant in Bangkok who uses her phone as part of her business. Digital technology is a key accelerator of trade growth. Credit: Pexels/Faheem Ahamad Opinion by Witada Anukoonwattaka, Yann Duval, Nikita Shahu and Niccolo Sainati (Bangkok, Thailand) Monday February 16, 2026 Inter-Press Office BANGKOK, Thailand, Feb 16 (IPS) – Trade in the Asia-Pacific […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Be afraid. Be very afraid. That’s the message that has caught fire in the media-tech world when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI). This column, for what it’s worth, is written by a fallible human on a battered keyboard, without technological assistance. It’s extremely rare (once in […]
Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Samuel King (Brussels, Belgium) Friday February 13, 2026 Inter-Press Office BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb 13 (IPS) – The latest World Economic Forum has highlighted the current crisis of multilateralism. More than sixty heads of state and eight hundred business leaders gathered in Davos under the theme ‘Spirit of […]
Subaru sent out an internal survey asking if they wanted a manual SUV. A second survey asks whether customers specifically want a manual Outback Wilderness. The last manual SUV left Subaru’s lineup in 2023. Even with so many manuals disappearing in recent years, some companies are trying to keep the manual transmission alive. Subaru is […]
Akio Toyoda’s favorite cars are the GR Yaris and GR Corolla. These hot hatches are the only ones he would sell if Toyota didn’t have a full range. Toyoda told an aspiring engineer that the door is wide open for a hypercar. Senior people in the automotive industry are usually locked in an office all […]
As glaciers shrink and disappear, changes in water flows pose a growing risk to the water, food and livelihood security of billions of people. Credit: FAO Opinion by Qu Dongyu (Rome) Thursday February 12, 2026 Inter-Press Office ROME, Feb 12 (IPS) – Glaciers – the world’s hidden water banks – are a source of life […]
A photo of the 1971 Licorne nuclear test, which was carried out in French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: CTBTO Opinion by John Burroughs (San Francisco, USA) Thursday February 12, 2026 Inter-Press Office SAN FRANCISCO, US, Feb 12 (IPS) – The latest agreement limiting the US and Russia’s strategic nuclear arsenals, New START, expired […]
