Final Fantasy 16 is finally almost here on PC and developer Square Enix has shared exactly when players can start playing the role-playing game. Square Enix confirmed the launch times for each region in an X/Twitter post, below, across its September 17 release date. Both previously released expansions for Final Fantasy 16, Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide, …
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Credit: UNRWA Opinion by James E. Jennings (atlanta, georgia) Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Inter Press Service ATLANTA, Georgia, Sep 17 (IPS) – Today’s weapons are capable of wiping out entire swaths of humanity, demolishing remaining shreds of culture along with them. News coverage of the one-sided Gaza campaign make it plain that’s exactly what’s happening. Destroying the past destroys the future …
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A woman is working on her tablet while commuting to her office. ICT Connectivity in cities is essential to ensure that people can work anywhere. Credit: Pexels/ Ketut Subiyanto Opinion by Sanjeevani Singh, Fabia Sauter (bangkok, thailand) Monday, September 16, 2024 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 16 (IPS) – When the Beijing Declaration was adopted in 1995, it called for …
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Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, addresses the media and the community at the site of the Mullivaikal massacre. She says justice is overdue for the families of those killed and disappeared during the Sri Lankan civil war. Credit: Johan Mikaelsson/IPS by Johan Mikaelsson (mullivaikal, sri lanka) Monday, September 16, 2024 Inter Press Service MULLIVAIKAL, Sri Lanka, Sep 16 (IPS) …
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These risks are particularly critical this year, as over 50 countries – representing half the world’s population – hold elections. In a message for Sunday’s International Day of Democracy, Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated the importance of upholding free speech, civil liberties and the rule of law, as well as ensuring accountable institutions and protecting human rights. “Yet, these rights and …
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United Nations Sigrid Kaag visited Gaza this month after being tasked with improving the delivery of urgently needed aid The UN’s most senior official overseeing aid and reconstruction in Gaza has told the BBC that the international community is collectively failing innocent civilians in the territory. Sigrid Kaag, who was appointed nine months ago to improve the delivery of urgently …
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Under shelling and gunfire, Esraa cradled her newborn son. As the war in Sudan broke out in April 2023, she was trying to reach a health clinic for treatment for her baby, who had been struggling with infections and breathing difficulties. But with the roads blocked by fighting, the young mother never made it to the clinic; her son died …
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Speaking at the annual Peace Bell Ceremony, António Guterres warned that war is spreading, inequalities are growing, and new technologies are being weaponized without safeguards. “International institutions must be better positioned to respond,” he stressed. The Secretary-General’s appeal comes ahead of a pivotal moment for global cooperation. Later this month, world leaders will gather for the Summit of the Future, …
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Credit: United Nations Opinion by Mandeep Tiwana, Jesselina Rana (new york) Friday, September 13, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 13 (IPS) – A cascade of crises endangers our world. Wars conducted without rules, governance devoid of democratic principles, surge in discrimination against women and excluded groups, accelerating climate change, greed-induced environmental degradation and unconscionable economic deprivation in an age …
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Much of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed in the conflict. Credit: UNRWA by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, September 13, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) – As the devastating 11-month-old conflict in Gaza keeps escalating, with over 41,000 mostly civilian killings, and more than 92,000 Palestinians injured –in retaliation for the 1,200 killings inside Israel last …
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