By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 2021 (IPS) – When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan during 1996-2001, the United Nations was engaged in a losing battle for women’s rights. And that battle was occasionally led by two senior female UN officials, one of them working for a…
Statement by Roberto Savio for this irreparable loss of a colossus of journalism, a recognised specialist in international trade and development issues. and an article by Vijay Prashad about his close and long-standing relationship with Raghavan…
By Marion Van Renterghem* – The Guardian The pragmatic chancellor’s departure will be a turning point not only for Germany but also the EU During a farewell tour of European heads of state and government this summer, Angela Merkel went to see the Queen. The few filmed minutes of…
Últimas Noticias in english, Venezuela This Saturday Chile became the protagonist of the headlines around the planet due to the xenophobic events against a group of migrants – the majority Venezuelans – who were in the northern city of Iquique, waiting to continue their journey…
Sachs* – CNn.com (CNN) With 678,000 deaths and rising, Covid-19 is now the deadliest epidemic ever to hit the United States, surpassing the death toll of the 1918 flu, and indeed the combined US military deaths in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the…
By Paul Linden-Retek * – Boston Review Signed seventy years ago, the UN Convention on Refugees gives form to a humanitarian ideal, but states still judge what counts as harm and who deserves protection. The fall of Kabul comes on the anniversary of the United Nations…
By Alison Kentish The Prime Ministers of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, of Barbados Mia Mottley and of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern: the best of female leadership even in the worst of times. DOMINICA, Sep 2021 (IPS) – On September 20, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina…
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute On September 15, 2021, the heads of government of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the formation of AUKUS, “a new enhanced trilateral security partnership”…
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a “point of no return,” and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. “We will lead…
By Nick Estes* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has given new license to the killing of Indigenous people in Brazil. Before he came to power in 2019, it wasn’t clear what he wanted to build, but he knew exactly who and…
