By Barbara Crossette – The Nation The new UN secretary general and General Assembly president are being chosen in a process of unprecedented openness. In a year when people who follow the United Nations are focusing on the election of… Continue Reading
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram JAKARTA, Jun 30 2016 (IPS) – World leaders agreed in 2000 to halve the number of people living in poverty by 2015. The poverty line was defined as the purchasing power parity (PPP) equivalent to a… Continue Reading
By BERNIE SANDERS* Surprise, surprise. Workers in Britain, many of whom have seen a decline in their standard of living while the very rich in their country have become much richer, have turned their backs on the European Union and… Continue Reading
By Rose Delaney ROME, Jun 29 2016 (IPS) – Thus far, 2016 has proved fatal for the thousands of migrants crossing the Mediterranean in a bid to find safety in Italy. Alarmingly, between January and March, a spiralling death toll… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2016 (IPS) – The much-ballyhooed British exit (Brexit) from the 28-member European Union (EU) is likely to have political ramifications at the United Nations – both in the short and the long term.
By MARINE LE PEN* – The New York Times PARIS — IF there’s one thing that chafes French pride, it’s seeing the British steal the limelight. But in the face of real courage, even the proudest French person can only… Continue Reading
By Francesco Martone* Song-do – roughly two and a half hours metro trip from Seul, South Korea – is a city built out of nothing, on 6.5 square kilometers reclaimed from the sea, by a human hand that alters boundaries… Continue Reading
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio* ROME (IDN) – Polling specialists say that when voters do not feel comfortable in saying how they will really vote, it is because they are not comfortable at a rational level with how they will actually… Continue Reading
By Aruna Dutt UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2016 (IPS) – Wherever war reaches there is rape, and wherever rape is there is trauma, pain and terror” said Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict said… Continue Reading
By Dawn Foster – The Nation Scapegoating immigrants for economic suffering is easier than confronting the politicians that crafted austerity policy. At 4:00 AM following the UK referendum on EU membership, Nigel Farage, the leader of the Eurosceptic UK Independence… Continue Reading
By Teresa Tritch – The New York Times It will come as little surprise that income inequality in the United States is greatest in New York and Connecticut. Those states are home base for Wall Street, where the income gains… Continue Reading
By Baher Kamal ROME, Jun 23 2016 (IPS) – “Xenophobic and racist rhetoric seems not only to be on the rise, but also to be becoming more socially and politically acceptable.” The warning has been heralded by the authoritative voice… Continue Reading
Dear readers, Sending you the link for the Islamophobia panel documentary Best regards, The Editor – Other News Islamophobia Documentary Dear Friends, Chers Amis This video as a souvenir of our joint action on Islamophobia/ Cette video en souvenir de… Continue Reading
Viewpoint by Marin Khor * This article is based on the text of a speech at a panel discussion at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 15 June 2016. GENEVA (IDN | South Centre) – The Declaration on… Continue Reading
By Damien Sharkov – Newsweek Selling arms and oil and unnerving the West will be on the agenda for Putin’s China visit. Russian President Vladimir Putin will be on his way to China on Friday, the Kremlin has announced, in… Continue Reading
By Baher Kamal ROME, Jun 2016 (IPS) – “Hate is becoming mainstreamed. Walls – which tormented previous generations, and have never yielded any sustainable solution to any problem – are returning. Barriers of suspicion are rising, snaking through and between… Continue Reading
George Soros* My 60 years of experience tells me the pound will plummet, along with your living standards. The only winners will be speculators David Cameron, along with the Treasury, the Bank of England, the International Monetary Fund and others… Continue Reading
By Baher Kamal ROME, Jun 2016 (IPS) – Will the rapid–though silent escalation of political tensions between the European Union and Turkey, which has been taking a dangerous turn over the last few weeks, push Ankara to drop a “human… Continue Reading
Wolfgang Münchau – Financial Times Many emerging countries have shunned Europe and chosen a finance-based US-style model of capitalism If you live in Italy or Spain, it is easy to defend the EU. You can simply point to the many… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* ROME, Jun 2016 (IPS) – Allow me a rare personal anecdote. In 1965 I met Lord Hume, who had just left the post of Prime Minister and we had a mutual sympathy. Lord Hume invited me for… Continue Reading
