As geopolitical tensions reach new highs, and some governments are spending billions on nuclear weapons in a false bid for peace and security, countries must uphold the nearly 80-year norm against their use, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in New York on Monday. Read the full story, “Humanity’s just one misunderstanding away from ‘nuclear […]
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Climate Change is Putting Women & Girls in Malawi at Greater Risk of Sexual Violence
LONDON, Aug 01 (IPS) – It is often those least responsible for causing climate change that suffer the most from the impacts. And such is the case with women and girls in Malawi – one of the world’s poorest and lowest carbon-emitting countries but ranked fifth in the Global Climate Index 2021 list of nations […]
Introducing ‘Hope Over Fate’: the Story of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed and BRAC
Redding Conn, USA, Aug 01 (IPS) – About seven years ago, I started working on a project with Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC. It was originally supposed to be a memoir: the story of Abed, the mild-mannered accountant who would rid the world of poverty, as told by the man himself. Read […]
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INTERVIEW: Accessible finance is key to realizing Uganda’s potential
Northern Uganda suffers from a development gap with the rest of the country, with high rates of poverty and unemployment. UN News spoke to Dmitry Pozhidaev, head of the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) office in Uganda, to find out what the agency is doing to improve funding access to individuals and businesses, and put […]
DR Congo: Guterres ‘outraged’ over peacekeepers’ aggression, calls for accountability
Secretary-General António Guterres is “outraged” over a “serious incident” that took place on Sunday morning on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, according to his deputy spokesperson. Read the full story, “DR Congo: Guterres ‘outraged’ over peacekeepers’ aggression, calls for accountability”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates […]
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Of the Secret Leaks and the Baking Planet
MADRID, Jul 29 (IPS) – Strangely enough, two major scientific findings, both announced in July, did not attribute the current dangerous world’s disasters to the proxy war unfolding in Ukraine. Read the full story, “Of the Secret Leaks and the Baking Planet”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at SoShow now !
First Person: Surviving Bali’s COVID tourism crash
Dekha Dewandana ran a thriving ‘homestay’ tourism property in Bali, and received UN-supported training which has helped him to maintain a high standard of hospitality. When COVID-19 hit Indonesia, his business was pushed to the verge of collapse and, after a bruising two-year period, it’s now slowly recovering. Read the full story, “First Person: Surviving […]