Opinion by Bisma Qamar (new york) Thursday, August 22, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 22 (IPS) – Imagine a world where every young person has the tools they need to succeed, regardless of their age, area of residence, ethnicity, college name, or the title on their resume. It’s a world where dreams are limitless, and potential knows no bounds. …
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Zoe Kravitz Mike Marsland/WireImage/Getty Images Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut, the film Blink Twice, has issued a trigger warning ahead of its premiere on Friday, August 23. “We are proud to finally share Blink Twice with audiences in theaters worldwide this week. Blink Twice is a psychological thriller about the abuse of power,” Amazon MGM Studios, which distributed the film in …
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Tara Phillips in Paris. Credit: AM/SWAN. by SWAN – Southern World Arts News (paris) Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Inter Press Service PARIS, Aug 21 (IPS) – For the centenary of James Baldwin’s birth, an international array of literature fans are coming together in Paris at a festival that will honour the life and work of the iconic American author and civil …
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Warm up at the Government Girls Degree College, Jacobabad. Most girls feel awkward and shy when they first wear track pants and T-shirt but do realize they cannot run swiftly in their traditional outfits they are used to wearing. Credit: Erum Baloch/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi, pakistan) Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Inter Press Service KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug 21 (IPS) – Sportswomen …
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A UN team inspects an unexploded 1,000-pound bomb lying on a main road in Khan Younis. Credit: OCHA/Themba Linden Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Aug 21 (IPS) – An observation from George Orwell — “those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control …
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Indigenous people gathered in Brasilia during the Free Land Camp, which is held every April in the capital, demonstrate against the time frame law, with the National Congress building in the background. Credit: Gustavo Bezerra / IndiBSB by Mario Osava (rio de janeiro) Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Inter Press Service RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20 (IPS) – A never-ending battle threatens …
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Hundreds of thousands of female Bangladeshis took to the street during the recent uprising that dismantled the autocracy in the country. This is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Give attribution to: Rayhan9d Opinion by Randa El Ozeir (toronto and dhaka) Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Inter Press Service TORONTO and DHAKA, Aug 20 (IPS) – “I hope the outcome would …
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Activists from Mexico’s Sin Maiz No Hay Pais (Without Corn There Is No Country) announced in June that more than 100,000 Mexicans signed letters to the GM corn trade panelists urging them to respect Mexico’s food sovereignty. “100,000 signatures, 100,000 voices, 100,000 seeds” Opinion by Timothy A. Wise (cambridge, ma.) Monday, August 19, 2024 Inter Press Service CAMBRIDGE, MA., Aug 19 …
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Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, August 19, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug 19 (IPS) – There was an unusual sense of hope going into Venezuela’s 28 July presidential election. Democracy seemed on the horizon. María Corina Machado, the opposition’s rallying figure, had inspired a rare level of enthusiasm, promising millions of exiles they’d soon be able …
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Central Downtown Astana with Bayterek tower. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri (tokyo/astana) Monday, August 19, 2024 Inter Press Service TOKYO/ASTANA, Aug 19 (IPS) – In a world increasingly shadowed by the threat of nuclear conflict, Kazakhstan is stepping up its efforts in the global disarmament movement. On August 27-28, 2024, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disarmament …
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