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Sweden and Finland will formally submit applications to join NATO today due to the threat from Moscow and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson says the two Nordic countries will go “hand in hand throughout the process”. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg affirms that the two nations will be received “with … Read more
Children working on tobacco plantations in Chipangali District, in the Eastern Province of Zambia. Credit: Brenda Chitindi, British Medical Journal, 2015. Opinion by Judith Mackay, Leonce Dieudonne Leonce (hong kong / lome) Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Inter Press Service HONG KONG/LOME, May 17 (IPS) – Despite the World Day Against Child Labor launched in 2002 … Read more
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (Sydney and Kuala Lumpur) Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (IPS) – Central bank policies have often worsened economic crises instead of solving them. By raising interest rates in response to inflation, they often exacerbate, rather than mitigate, business cycles and … Read more
Democrats care about abortion rights but aren’t as motivated to go to the polls as the GOP’s pro-life wing, says former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. “It gets Republicans to the polls more than Democrats,” he told Sky News Australia. “There will be an impact, I think, albeit a very small one in … Read more
McDonald’s is set to sell its 850 stores in Russia, making it the latest major Western corporation to leave the country following the invasion of Ukraine. The fast-food giant said its business in the country “is no longer sustainable or consistent with McDonald’s values.”
Opinion by Alexander Müller, Jes Weigelt (Sedan) Monday, May 16, 2022 Inter Press Service BERLIN, May 16 (IPS) – The landmark decision on land tenure by parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 2019 offers a blueprint for the upcoming climate talks in Sharm El Sheikh in November. . The ongoing … Read more
Lucky Agbavor, a former child laborer from Ghana, shared a personal testimony from his life at the 5th World Conference on the Elimination of Child Labor as a former child laborer. Credit: Cecilia Russell/IPS Children forced into child labor are robbed of their childhood with dire consequences at the 5th World Conference on the Elimination … Read more
Former British commander Richard Kemp says Vladimir Putin is not “crazy” or “clinically insane”, but rather the Russian president is acting with his “legacy” in mind. “I think he has a very different outlook on life than we do,” Colonel Kemp told Sky News Australia. “What he wants is to give himself the legacy of … Read more
The United Arab Emirates has named its new president following the death of the nation’s former leader. Longtime de facto leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was unanimously appointed in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has tested positive for COVID-19. She says she started experiencing symptoms last night and tested strongly positive this morning. Ms Ardern had been in isolation since last Sunday when her partner Clarke Gayford tested positive. She says she’s “gutted” about being out of the office for the next seven … Read more