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[ ] Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Monday, July 08, 2024 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jul 08 (IPS) – A High-Level Political Forum – described as one of the most important events of the year for discussing the implementation…

[ ] Tidal waves on Namkhana Island have flooded a house in West Bengal, India. natural disasters. Storms, heavy rainfall, and floods wreck havoc here. Credit: Supratim Bhattacharjee / Climate Visuals by Aishwarya Bajpai (new delhi) Monday, July 08, 2024 Inter…

[ ] Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Monday, July 08, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 08 (IPS) – For some time, most multilateral financial institutions have urged developing countries to borrow commercially, but not from…

[ ] Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, July 08, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jul 08 (IPS) – In June, the Namibian High Court struck down two sections of the country’s Sexual Offences Act that criminalised consensual…

[ ] Opinion by Daud Khan (rome) Monday, July 08, 2024 Inter Press Service ROME, Jul 08 (IPS) – Immigrants are essential to Europe’s economic survival. They are needed for doing the jobs that most Europeans no longer want to do.…

[ ] Dr. Abdulrahman Bizri, member of the Lebanese parliament and the parliamentary committee on public health, professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and chair of the national COVID vaccine committee and response.…

[ ] The Secretary-General expressed his appreciation to Turkmenistan for hosting the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in Ashgabat, and commended Turkmenistan’s generosity in granting citizenship to stateless people. He also thanked the President for providing…

[ ] The latest escalation, which occurred on Thursday, “heightens the risk of a full-scale war”, the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General said in a note to correspondents. “Escalation can and must be avoided. We reiterate that the…

[ ] “People are facing multiple protection risks and have reported widespread looting of homes and personal possessions,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a flash update issued late on Thursday. Humanitarian partners receiving…

[ ] Speaking via video link from Grenada, Simon Springett, UN Resident Coordinator in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, outlined a scene of total devastation in Carriacou – where Beryl first made landfall on 1 July. “The entire island is…