By Roberto Savio* ROME – According to the latest statistics, the total flow of immigrants so far in 2018 is 50.000 people, compared with 186,768 last year, 1,259,955 in 2016 and 1,327,825 in 2015. The difference between reality and perceptions … Continue reading →

ScienceDaily’s * The consequences of climate change are immense, and believed by many experts to be largely irreversible (and exponential), causing threats coming from heat waves, flooding, declines in agriculture, and decreasing biodiversity, to name a few. Given that climate … Continue reading →

By William Roberts – Al Jazeera News Helsinki summit comes days after 12 Russians are charged for hacking Democrat emails to tilt US vote in Trump’s favour Just as he did in Singapore with Kim Jong-un last month, US President … Continue reading →

By Jennifer Clark* – NBC News Digital Does the European Union need its own Ellis Island? One thing’s for sure: The EU desperately needs a better policy to deal with undocumented migrants Europe’s leaders have taken a small step towards … Continue reading →

BY IAN BURUMA*– ASIA TIMES     Comparing today’s demagogues with Adolf Hitler is almost always unwise. Such alarmism tends to trivialize the actual horrors of the Nazi regime and distracts attention from our own political problems. But if alarmism is … Continue reading →

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage IPS correspondent Tharanga Yakupitiyage spoke to Robert Scholes, ecologist and co-chair of Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES) assessment, about land degradation and efforts needed to halt and reverse the catastrophe. UNITED NATIONS, Jul … Continue reading →

Ewen MacAskill* – The Guardian European members contradict assertion that US president secured notable concessions Donald Trump has claimed victory at the Nato summit, saying progress had been made on defence spending only hours after throwing the Brussels meeting intodisarray … Continue reading →

By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 2018 (IPS) – A long standing proposal for the creation of a UN Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) is slowly gathering momentum.

By Richard Fontaine and Vance Serchuk – The Atlantic The trans-Atlantic alliance has seen worse As President Trump kicks off a bruising NATO summit, trans-Atlantic relations are said to be in the grip of an unprecedented crisis. On multiple fronts—defense … Continue reading →

By Alejandra Borunda – National Geographic Scientists watched 200 hours of old cycling race video-and uncovered a valuable record of climate change Snowflakes pelted down on the mass of cyclists knotted together at the starting line of the prestigious Liège-Bastogne-Liège … Continue reading →

By Lili Bayer  – Politico (*) People working for Black Cube secretly taped meetings that were then cited by Prime Minister Victor Orbán. The Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube was involved in a campaign to discredit NGOs ahead of … Continue reading →

Danielle Nierenberg is and Emily Payne* NEW ORLEANS, United States, Jul 10 2018 (IPS) – According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, women make up about 43 percent of the agricultural labor force worldwide, and in some countries they … Continue reading →

By David Brennan – Newsweek Leadership Battle and New General Election Loom as Ministers Quit British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government seems to be crumbling amid the latest Brexit row to consume the Conservative party. In the space of 24 … Continue reading →

Damian Carrington* – The Guardian On-the-ground investigation finds use of banned CFC-11 is rife in China’s plastic foam industry A mysterious surge in emissions of an illegal ozone-destroying chemical has been tracked down to plastic foam manufacturers in China, according … Continue reading →

By David Brennan – Newsweek Germany’s Migration Deal Leaves Chancellor Exposed arlier this week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed a new deal on migration into the European Union (EU) to keep her governing coalition together, the latest twist in a … Continue reading →

Lisa Cox* – The Guardian Researchers say sea levels could also rise by six metres or more even if 2 degree target of Paris accord met Temperature rises as a result of global warming could eventually be double what has … Continue reading →

By James A Goldston * –  Project Syndicate Populist electoral victories around the world in recent years have led many to conclude that liberal democracy is under assault. But the arrest this week of Malaysia’s former prime minister on corruption … Continue reading →

Jonathan Watts* – The Guardian IUCN fears planet is entering sixth wave of extinctions with research from Australia revealing more risks to reptiles More than 26,000 of the world’s species are now threatened, according to the latest red list assessment … Continue reading →

By Antony Loewenstein – The Nation In an age of refugee demonization, Australia was well ahead of the curve. Soon after President Trump assumed office in January 2017, he had a phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The … Continue reading →

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Jul 4 2018 (IPS) – Tackling the relentless conflict in Yemen has never been more urgent as it has pushed the Middle Eastern nation “deep into the abyss.” However, much can be learned from recent … Continue reading →