This year’s International Day for Clean air and Blue Skies, celebrated annually on 7 September, is focused on the theme ‘Invest in #CleanAirNow’ and highlights the economic, environmental and health benefits of investing in clean air. The Day was established in 2019 after the UN General Assembly noted how detrimental air pollutants are and recognised the importance of clean air …
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Paran Women Group’s executive director, Naiyan Kiplagat, is working in the forest. The group are passionate guardians of the environment and promoters of gender equality. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (great rift valley, kenya) Friday, September 06, 2024 Inter Press Service GREAT RIFT VALLEY, Kenya, Sep 06 (IPS) – Between 2001 and 2022, the Mau Forest’s deforestation resulted in the …
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Student protesters at Columbia University, New York. Credit: IPS Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Friday, September 06, 2024 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Sep 06 (IPS) – With nearly 18 million students on U.S. college campuses this fall, defenders of the war on Gaza don’t want to hear any backtalk. Silence is complicity, and that’s the way Israel’s …
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by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday, September 06, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 06 (IPS) – Since late August, severe flash floods and monsoons plaguing Bangladesh have affected nearly 6 million people. Bangladeshi officials have declared the floods to be the country’s worst climate disaster in recent memory. These recent floods follow the wake of Cyclone Remal, which devastated …
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The husband-wife duo Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively displayed not only the power of their stardom this year, but also exercised their skills as producers, as well as their marketing acumen. Within a couple of weeks of each other, they delivered the biggest box office hits of their respective careers, and despite the difference in tone and audience appeal of …
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Kmoin Walhang proudly sits next to her collection of certificates and citations that she has received after participating in several marathons. Credit: Courtesy Kmoin Walhang by Diwash Gahatraj (shngimalwlein, india) Friday, September 06, 2024 Inter Press Service SHNGIMALWLEIN, India, Sep 06 (IPS) – Kmoin Wahlang, a 76-year-old woman, starts her running training every morning at 4 a.m. Dressed in track pants, …
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As Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, addressed his shareholders during a much-anticipated yearly address last Thursday, he also unveiled “JioBrain,” a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and applications that he says will transform a spate of businesses in energy, textiles, telecommunications and more that form his multinational conglomerate, Reliance Industries. “By perfecting JioBrain within Reliance, we will create a …
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Opinion by Dennis Francis (united nations) Thursday, September 05, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 05 (IPS) – Today, the General Assembly convenes – for the fifteenth consecutive occasion – to observe the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, which is commemorated annually on 29 August. On this day, 33 years ago, the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan – where …
Read More »All six African sub-regions have experienced an increase in the temperature trends over the past six decades, leading to severe water stresses, not enough food and deepening poverty. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Thursday, September 05, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Sep 05 (IPS) – With fewer than 100 days to go to COP29, the highest decision-making body on …
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Construction work is underway at the dilapidated Tocuyito prison in north-central Venezuela, which is being quickly converted into a high-security prison for hundreds of detainees in protests against the proclaimed re-election of president Nicolás Maduro. Credit: RrSs by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Wednesday, September 04, 2024 Inter Press Service CARACAS, Sep 04 (IPS) – Invoking the fight against terrorists and sending those …
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