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Dec 14 (IPS) – India’s new Chief Justice, Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, has a significant challenge ahead – as activists and minorities remain hopeful that he will remain true to his legacy of delivering judgments that enshrined the Constitution, especially on personal liberty. Read the full story, “With Activists, Journalists Jailed for Spurious Reasons, Commentators Say […]

NEW YORK, Dec 14 (IPS) – The writer is former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, former Ambassador of Bangladesh to the UN and former President of the Security Council.As COP27 was coming to a close, the leader of the Youth Constayituency of UNFCCC declared in an emotion-choked voice that “Incredible young people […]

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Kigali, Dec 13 (IPS) – Experts agree that African economies need to develop innovative approaches to deal with plastic production, which is set to double in 20 years – adversely impacting rural communities. Read the full story, “Experts Seek Appropriate Circular Solutions to Plastic Pollution”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at SoShow […]

BARCELONA, Dec 13 (IPS) – It was a hellish journey aboard a crammed boat amid three-meter waves. It had started on a Libyan beach, and at the gates of winter. On December 11, the last 500 migrants rescued from the waters of the Mediterranean disembarked exhausted but relieved in the south of Italy. They had […]

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 13 (IPS) – Calls for more government regulation and intervention are common during crises. But once the crises subside, pressures to reform quickly evaporate and the government is told to withdraw. New financial fads and opportunities are then touted, instead of long needed reforms. Read the full story, “Needed Global Financial […]

NEW YORK, Dec 13 (IPS) – The African women and Girls were deeply concerned about the lack of commitment by UNFCCC Parties as climate change continues to impact negatively on the continent victimizing more women and girls. Read the full story, “COP27 Fails Women and Girls – High Time to Redefine Multilaterism (Part 2 of […]

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LONDON, Dec 12 (IPS) – The European Court of Justice on November 22, 2022, made a ruling that reversed much of the progress we have made in a decade in the fight against corruption, economic and natural resource crimes, tax abuses and other forms of illicit financial flows across the world. In the ruling, the […]