Maria Aparecida dos Anjos points to where the stream, now reduced to a trickle of water, reaches when flooded in the community of Santa Helena do Inglês, one of the riverside towns along the Rio Negro, a large tributary of the Amazon, in Brazil by Mario Osava (manaus, brazil) Friday, December 20, 2024 Inter Press Service MANAUS, Brazil, Dec 20 (IPS) …
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The IOM estimates that one billion people live without legal identity, limiting their access to vital services and restricting their mobility. Credit: Shutterstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, December 20, 2024 Inter Press Service MADRID, Dec 20 (IPS) – Perhaps demographers would consider designing a new classification system to separate from their estimates of the world’s total population—eight billion plus—the billion …
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Yasmine Sherif with children at a school in Ethiopia Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Friday, December 20, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Dec 20 (IPS) – As 2024 comes to a close, I dare to say that this has been an especially gruesome year for millions upon millions of young children, their parents and their teachers. The world has …
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A young girl trying to cross a flooded road in Bangladesh following the wake of Cyclone Remal. Bangladesh is one of the world’s most climate-sensitive nations and is expected to be significantly impacted by rising global temperatures. Credit: UNICEF/Farhana Satu by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday, December 20, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20 (IPS) – The World Meteorological …
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Credit: Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, December 20, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Dec 20 (IPS) – Democracy is alive and well in South Korea. When President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to impose martial law, the public and parliamentarians united to defend it. Now Yoon must face justice for his power grab. President under pressure …
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In the era of digital transformation, public safety stands at a critical crossroads. Law enforcement agencies globally are under increasing scrutiny to enhance transparency, efficiency, and trust within their communities. Against this backdrop, Kazakhstan’s “Digital Policeman” initiative has emerged as a shining example of technological innovation in policing. The initiative leverages state-of-the-art technologies like smart badges and military-grade mobile devices, …
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Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities—a figure expected to grow by 2.4 billion by 2050. Cities are at the heart of humanity’s future, but they are also ground zero for some of our biggest challenges: climate change, social inequality, and economic fragility. To house the growing urban population and achieve the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …
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A piece from Emo de Medeiros’s series Vodunaut in the “Revelation! Contemporary art from Benin” exhibit in La Conciergerie in Paris, France. The smartphones within the cowry shell-decorated helmets feature videos taken on four different continents. Credit: Megan Fahrney/IPS by Megan Fahrney (cotonou, benin) Friday, December 20, 2024 Inter Press Service COTONOU, Benin, Dec 20 (IPS) – Construction of the new …
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Opinion by Herbert Wulf (duisburg, germany) Thursday, December 19, 2024 Inter Press Service DUISBURG, Germany, Dec 19 (IPS) – Donald Trump, president-elect of the USA, wants to end the Ukraine war within a day, as he has emphasized several times, but without saying how. Despite the brutal clashes on the ground in Ukraine, do negotiations now have a chance? Are we …
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The port of Manzanillo, with the largest cargo movement in Mexico, is expanding its facilities without an environmental impact study. Credit: Colima Sostenible by Emilio Godoy (mexico) Thursday, December 19, 2024 Inter Press Service MEXICO, Dec 19 (IPS) – The expansion of the port of Manzanillo, Mexico’s most important port in terms of cargo movement and located on the central Pacific …
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