By Kathleen Mogelgaard, for IPS
Global population is about to reach 8 billion, a mere 11 years after it reached 7 billion. The official Day of 8 Billion is observed by the UN November 15, though it’s hard to pinpoint...
By Emanuele Giordana
As if it had not already been very complicated to find a formula for a joint final declaration among the G20 leaders on the war in Ukraine, the explosions that took place on the night of Tuesday...
A reportage from Kherson: young artist Daria and her family lived in the city for four months during the unlawful Russian occupation. Kherson has only just been liberated - but the happy ending is not yet on sight for...
by Ambra Visentin
Wars and armies are accelerating the climate crisis. And as the major powers gather in Egypt for COP27 on climate, their political representatives are reluctant to talk about the elephant in the room: the decisive impact of...
In a Europe increasingly affected by structural crises that threaten to undermine the social peace it has enjoyed since the end of World War II, the Left, Greens and Progressives met in Athens on 21-23 October to discuss a...
With the first partial results of the midterm elections in the United States, the feared Republican wave seems not to have come true. While the Republicans won the House (although not by the large margin they had hoped), the...
by Hilal Khashan* – Geopolitical Futures
Last month, Lebanese President Michel Aoun left office, after his term expired, without a designated successor in place. Power vacuums are not uncommon in Lebanon. Aoun’s own election in 2016 ended a 29-month vacancy...
by Ambra Visentin
At the World Climate Conference in Egypt, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and the European Union pledged billions in joint aid to South Africa to abandon coal. The aid was already announced at COP26...
By Maurizio Sacchi
Brazil held its breath for 48 hours of silence. Then, Jair Bolsonaro admitted his defeat and recognised the legitimacy of Lula Inacio da Silva's claim, two days after the election results were announced. Now begins the transition...
By Noeleen Heyzer*
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 2022 (IPS UN Bureau) – More than 13.2 million people are food insecure, about 40 percent of the population is living below the poverty line and 1.3 million are internally displaced. Military operations...
