Women vanish from public life under Taliban rule. Credit: Learning Together. Friday, February 07, 2025 Inter Press Service The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons Feb 07 (IPS) – Since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021, girls and women have been systematically banned …
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‘Flight Risk’ Glides Past Final Global Box Office Milestone Ahead of Digital Debut
Having just about completed two weeks in theaters, the action film Flight Risk is already poised to land on PVOD platforms. Flight Risk debuted to muted box office results a few days ago, but earned the struggling studio Lionsgate its second number one finish of 2025, after a barren spell that lasted over a year. The movie has now passed …
Read More »Tanzanians with HIV Left in Crisis as USAID Funding Ends — Global Issues
U.S. Embassy Charge de Affairs Andy Lentz dances with teenagers during a World Aids Day Commemorations in Dar es Salaam. Credit: Kizito Shigela/IPS by Kizito Makoye (dar es salaam) Friday, February 07, 2025 Inter Press Service DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 07 (IPS) – At 9 a.m. on Monday, Mariam Msemwa clutched her clinic card tightly as she stood in line at …
Read More »The Challenge of the Carbon Aristocracy — Global Issues
The international community must take action to address the CO2 emissions of the carbon aristocracy as climate change analysis makes it clear that there is no alternative. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Philippe Benoit (washington dc) Thursday, February 06, 2025 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Feb 06 (IPS) – For centuries, innumerable countries were ruled by an entrenched, typically inherited, political class: …
Read More »U.S. White House Executive Order Raises Concerns for Its Support to the UN — Global Issues
Coly Seck (at microphone), Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Senegal to the United Nations, briefs reporters with Members of the newly-elected Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP Bureau). At fourth from right is Riyad Mansour, Permanent …
Read More »Tax the Super-Rich. We have a World to Win — Global Issues
Opinion by Ben Phillips, Attiya Waris (nairobi / bangkok) Thursday, February 06, 2025 Inter Press Service NAIROBI / BANGKOK, Feb 06 (IPS) – Why can’t there be education for every child? Why can’t there be healthcare for everyone who needs it? Why can’t everyone be freed from hunger and deprivation? Though these are promised to all as rights, people are repeatedly …
Read More »Haitian Government Faces Criticism for its Response to Gang Attack in Kenscoff — Global Issues
Jean-Victor Harvel Jean-Baptiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of Haiti, addresses the Security Council on the current situation in Haiti. Credit: UN Photo/ Evan Schneider by Oritro Karim (united nations) Wednesday, February 05, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 05 (IPS) – The humanitarian situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate as armed gangs expand their control in Port-Au-Prince and …
Read More »Freedom of Expression at Stake With New Cybercrime Law — Global Issues
Pakistani journalists speak out about cybercrimes law from left to right Hamid Mir, Munazza Siddiqui and Umar Cheema. Credits: Jang News, and TikTok by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Wednesday, February 05, 2025 Inter Press Service KARACHI, Feb 05 (IPS) – “I may not be able to continue hosting my show because the content I put up will most certainly land me in …
Read More »Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis Expected to Worsen in 2025 — Global Issues
The United Nations Security Council met on December 12, 2024 to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday, February 04, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 04 (IPS) – The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has deteriorated significantly since the 2021 Taliban Offensive, an insurgency that resulted in the Taliban’s reclamation …
Read More »An African Pioneer — Global Issues
Credit: Hadynya/iStock by Getty Images via International Monetary Fund (IMF) Opinion by Constant Lonkeng (porto-novo, benin) Tuesday, February 04, 2025 Inter Press Service PORTO-NOVO, Benin, Feb 04 (IPS) – Benin faced a number of negative spillovers in 2022: a deteriorating regional security situation at its northern border, the lingering scars of COVID-19, and higher living costs amid the war in Ukraine. …
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