Scientists must step up and speak up. We cannot be silent when science is being eroded and the institutions that fund science are being dismantled, and emerging and early career researchers being terminated. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, us) Thursday, February 20, 2025 Inter Press Service URBANA, Illinois, US, Feb 20 (IPS) – Scientists like me across the …
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Chihwa Chadambuka belongs to the LGBTQ community, who have turned to climate-smart agriculture to change perceptions of the group. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (mutare, zimbabwe) Thursday, February 20, 2025 Inter Press Service MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Feb 20 (IPS) – Wrongfully accused of causing droughts, a group of LGBTQI people in Zimbabwe involved themselves in climate-smart agriculture and are …
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by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday, February 20, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (IPS) – In the western world, numerous studies over the past two decades have shown that the rise of social media in popularity has been linked to negative mental health symptoms, especially among young people. Platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), …
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Children in Gaza stand on debris from a destroyed building. February 2025. Credit: UN News by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (IPS) – President Trump—whose rash and ill-conceived proposals continue unabated—has threatened to “seize Gaza,” turn it into a “Riviera of the Middle East,” and move Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan, …
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Opinion by Danny Bradlow (pretoria, south africa) Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Inter Press Service PRETORIA, South Africa, Feb 19 (IPS) – Daniel D. Bradlow is Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, South Africa.US president Donald Trump’s recent actions seem designed to reassert American power and demonstrate that it is still the dominant global power and …
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The U.S. efforts to pressure Ukraine to accept significant territorial losses to Russia in exchange for ending the war are expected to increase. Photo: Oleksandr Ratushniak / UNDP Ukraine Opinion by Vyacheslav Likhachev (kyiv) Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Inter Press Service Vyacheslav Likhachev, based in Kyiv, is an expert at the Center for Civil Liberties, a human rights organization that won …
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Afghan women, forced out of work, face an uncertain future, trapped in a struggle that has left many devastated. Credit: Learning Together. Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Inter Press Service Feb 18 (IPS) – The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasonsFatima Mohammadi was a manager in …
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Pavitra Nandagiri—one of the highest-ranking transgender spiritual leaders at Maha Kumbh, the largest religious gathering on earth in Prayagraj, India. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul (prayagraj, india) Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Inter Press Service PRAYAGRAJ, India, Feb 18 (IPS) – Despite a blazing sun and growing heat, Pavitra Nandagiri sits on a cot smiling. Clad in a saffron robe and …
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Secretary-General António Guterres makes remarks to the 2025 opening session and the 420th meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe by Oritro Karim (united nations) Monday, February 17, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (IPS) – On January 19, Israel and Hamas implemented a ceasefire agreement that …
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Source: US Census Bureau and author’s calculations. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, us) Monday, February 17, 2025 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, US, Feb 17 (IPS) – Of the approximately 280 million immigrants in the world, the country hosting the largest number is America, the land of immigration. One-fifth of the world’s international migrants reside in the US, with those migrants arriving …
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