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The face of Bangladesh’s founding father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will soon be erased from the country’s currency. Credit: Kumkum Chadha/IPS by Kumkum Chadha (delhi) Tuesday, January 07, 2025 Inter Press Service DELHI, Jan 07 (IPS) – History seems to be chasing Bangladesh even while the interim government is grappling with real issues of administering a country thrown into chaos. In …

Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Tuesday, January 07, 2025 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jan 07 (IPS) – When news broke over the weekend that President Biden just approved an $8 billion deal for shipping weapons to Israel, a nameless official vowed that “we will continue to provide the capabilities necessary for Israel’s defense.” Following the reports last …

Big families are promoted on billboards in Russia. Credit: Sky News screengrab by Ed Holt (bratislava) Monday, January 06, 2025 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Jan 06 (IPS) – “A lot of people are very scared,” says Zalina Marshenkulova. “This is obviously another tool of repression. The state is waging war on the remnants of free-thinking people in Russia and trying to …

Aubrey Plaza is speaking out for the first time. The 40-year-old Agatha All Along actress, along with the family of the late director and writer who tragically passed away at the age of 47 due to suicide, issued a statement provided to Just Jared on Monday (January 6). “This is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who …

Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Monday, January 06, 2025 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan 06 (IPS) – In 2021, the Senegalese novelist Mohamed Mbougar Sarr became the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to be awarded the Prix Goncourt, France’s oldest and most prestigious literary prize. Literature His novel, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes, The most Secret Memory of …

The highly anticipated FX limited series Shogun on a ton of Golden Globes on Sunday night. But for some fans, the joy of discovering an epic new series was undermined by reports about actor Cosmo Jarvis’ illness. Questions about Jarvis’ health have been circulating on social media, but as is so often the case on Twitter/X and elsewhere, the truth …

In a Security Councilmeeting on Friday, Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the West Bank and Gaza, painted a grim picture of the situation, emphasising that over 25 per cent of the 105,000 injured civilians now face life-changing injuries. “At the current rate, it would take five to 10 years to evacuate all these critically ill patients,” …

The Vivienne, who won the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2019 and competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars in 2022, has sadly passed away at the age of 32. Her publicist Simon Jones confirmed the sad news on social media on Sunday (January 5). They issued a statement on the matter and provided some information. Keep …

This includes movements further north reported in Sector East, while a redeployment by the Lebanese Armed Forces was conducted this week in Shama, in Sector West. Both Israel and Lebanon have recommitted to full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said during the daily media briefing from New York on Friday. Resolve outstanding issues Adopted …

William O’Neill, who reports to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, highlighted an attack on the Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince on 17 December and the killing of several journalists and a police officer at the General Hospital on 24 December. The victims were attending the hospital’s official reopening. “Criminal gangs have murdered and kidnapped physicians, nurses and healthcare …