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Over 1 billion children have had their lives disrupted by disasters since 2000, with over 80,000 schools damaged or destroyed. Credit: Shutterstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Inter Press Service MADRID, Nov 20 (IPS) – Did you know that hundreds of millions of children around the world are currently suffering from physical, sexual, and psychological violence, including child …

Netflix was sued this week in a class action complaint over the platform’s “streaming glitches” and other livestream hiccups while airing the highly anticipated Friday night fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. “Sixty million Americans were hyped to see ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson, ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ versus YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul. What they saw was ‘The Baddest Streaming …

Adenike Oladosu, ECW’s Climate Champion from Nigeria, during an interview with IPS at COP29. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (baku) Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 20 (IPS) – Education is under threat as multiple crises push children out of school and into harms way. COP29 Baku could break historical barriers that hold back education from playing …

Denzel Washington is getting real about his battle with alcohol, admitting his wine consumption ravaged his body. The Oscar-winning actor sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Esquire while promoting his new flick “Gladiator II” — and, at one point, he went into detail about his love for expensive wines. Denzel said it started in earnest in 1999 when he …

The struggle to end domestic violence needs to include a push to transform societal understanding of gender roles, and employers have a key role to play in this effort and, increasingly, an obligation to do so. Credit: Shutterstock Opinion by Negar Mohtashami Khojasteh (montreal, canada) Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTREAL, Canada, Nov 19 (IPS) – Negar Mohtashami Khojasteh …

Delegates representing Indigenous communities urge negotiators to include language that promotes human and environmental rights. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (baku) Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 19 (IPS) – Delegates representing Indigenous people’s rights have taken issue with the ongoing COP29 negotiations, calling for Parties to include text and language that promote Indigenous rights to be …

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country. Putin’s endorsement of the new nuclear deterrent policy comes on the 1,000th day after he sent troops into Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2022. It follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s …

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 19 (IPS) – Western financial policies have been squeezing economies worldwide. After being urged to borrow commercial finance heavily, developing countries now struggle with contractionary Western monetary policies. Central banks ‘Unconventional monetary measures’ in the West helped offset the world economic slowdown …

The German FM has warned Beijing of “consequences” for allegedly supporting Moscow German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has threatened Beijing with sanctions during a meeting in Brussels, where top EU diplomats gathered to discuss recent intelligence suggesting that China is providing military support to Russia amid the Ukraine conflict. Ahead of the meeting on Monday, a senior EU official indicated …

by CIVICUS Monday, November 18, 2024 Inter Press Service Nov 18 (IPS) – Content warning: this interview contains details some readers may find distressing. CIVICUS discusses Sudan’s civil war and its impact on women with Sulaima Elkhalifa, a Sudanese human rights defender and expert on gender-based violence. In October, fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group fighting …