As the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 plunged to its lowest since March 2020, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the end of the pandemic is now in sight. Read the full story, “The end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight: WHO”, on globalissues.org → find […]
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Pakistan Flooding Shows ‘Adapting’ to Climate Change Can Be a Dangerous Illusion
PARIS, Sep 14 (IPS) – One third of Pakistan is now under water. The scope of the destruction is difficult to fathom, not just the enormity of the devastation its people are facing today, but also the damage to its infrastructure, its buildings, and its economy that will weigh heavily on the country for months […]
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UN officials see progress as global food prices drop amid ongoing Black Sea grain deal shipments
Two vital objectives of the Black Sea grain deal brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye are already being achieved, a senior UN official said on Tuesday, pointing to the steady decrease in international food prices and the increasing availability of badly needed grain from Ukraine as signs of early success. Read the full story, […]
Unsettled Lives in a Troubled World
NEW YORK, Sep 14 (IPS) – Cross-continent vacations seem to be the norm once again with the lessening of COVID-19 while new cities are being built with skyscraping $4M condos shooting up in a matter of months, and just-out-of-University millennials launching into their careers with minimum start-off salaries of $75K. Read the full story, “Unsettled […]
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Building Leadership for Teachers in the Developing World
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 13 (IPS) – If we truly want to re-imagine the role education can play in the decades to come, it is going to be indispensable to take drastic measures to elevate the role of teachers in developing countries. Read the full story, “Building Leadership for Teachers in the Developing World”, on globalissues.org […]
UN officials see progress as global food prices drop amid ongoing Black Sea grain deal shipments
Two vital objectives of the Black Sea grain deal brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye are already being achieved, a senior UN official said on Tuesday, pointing to the steady decrease in international food prices and the increasing availability of badly needed grain from Ukraine as signs of early success. Read the full story, […]
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Africa Struggles with Neo-Colonialism
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 13 (IPS) – After a quarter century of economic stagnation, African economic recovery early in the 21st century was under great pressure even before the pandemic, due to new trade arrangements, falling commodity prices and severe environmental stress. Read the full story, “Africa Struggles with Neo-Colonialism”, on globalissues.org → find […]