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Extremist Ideology in Europe: Leave Everyone Behind (Except Us)
[ad_1] Credit: United Nations by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, July 10, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jul 10 (IPS) – A quick glance at the…
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Huge Increase in Transnational Crime in Asia ‘Golden Triangle
[ad_1] In the United States and Canada, overdose deaths, predominantly driven by an epidemic of the non-medical use of fentanyl, continue to break records.…
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Extremist Ideology Spreading Like an Oil Spill in Europe
[ad_1] Santiago Abascal, leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party. The party could soon be in government, after the 23 July 2023 general elections. Credit:…
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Migration: Europe’s Complicity in Massive Human Rights Violations
[ad_1] These human tragedies are playing out at Europe’s land and sea borders on a daily basis. The first quarter of this year marked…
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Guess Who Is the Worst Enemy of the Oceans (And Everywhere Else)?
[ad_1] Oceans produce at least 50% of the Planet’s oxygen, while absorbing about 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of…
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Of the Sahel and the Merchants of Death
[ad_1] Fake or substandard antimalarial medicines kill as many as 267,000 sub-Saharan Africans every year. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, June 02,…
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Climate Carnage: Things Can Only Get Worse
[ad_1] The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has now reported on the “Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in the last 20 years.’ Credit:…
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Europe Sells to Africa and Asia 90% of Its Used Clothes, Textiles Waste
[ad_1] “As reuse and recycling capacities in Europe are limited, a large share of used textiles collected in the EU is traded and exported…
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A Short Tale of a Tree and a Moroccan Wedding Party
[ad_1] The argan tree forest constitutes a vital fodder reserve for all herds even in periods of drought. All parts of the argan tree…
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Unceasing Human Attacks on the Source of 80% of Food, 98% of Oxygen
[ad_1] Several human-caused threats lay behind the current annual loss of up to 40% of food crops globally, mainly due to plant pests and…
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Of Africa and The Magic Formula of The Italian Taxi Driver
[ad_1] Africa is the continent that has contributed the least (just 2 to 3%) to the causes of the current climate emergencies while bearing…
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Now Europeans Learn What Climate Extremes Are All About
[ad_1] Rhine River, Cologne,,Germany,10.08.2022. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 25 (IPS) – Apologies to those…
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Africa, Now Squeezed to the Bones
[ad_1] The IMF has made some encouraging improvements in paying attention to social protection, health, and education, but it needs to do much more…
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Superbugs Among Top 10 Threats to Whole Cycle of Life
[ad_1] “If people do not change the way antibiotics are used now, these new antibiotics will suffer the same fate as the current ones…
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Planet Garbage
[ad_1] We’re spewing a torrent of waste and pollution that is affecting our environment, our economies, and our health, warns UN Secretary-General António Guterres.…
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Outright Hatred Towards Muslims, Risen to ‘Epidemic Proportions’
[ad_1] Hate speech – including online – has become one of the most common ways of spreading divisive rhetoric on a global scale, threatening…
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Why Do 800 Mothers a Day – 1 Every 2 Minutes Die from Preventable Causes?
[ad_1] Nearly every maternal death is preventable, and the clinical expertise and technology necessary to avert these losses have existed for decades. Credit: Patrick…
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Most African Govts (3 in 4) Spend More on Arms, Less on Farms
[ad_1] Chronic underinvestment in agriculture is a key cause of the widespread hunger experienced in 2022, according to Oxfam report. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS. by…
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Wildlife Is Much More than a Safari. And It Is at Highest Risk of Extinction
[ad_1] A million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, we have lost half of the world’s corals and lose forest areas the…
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Ticking Time Bombs for the Most Defenceless: The Children (II)
[ad_1] In Nigeria’s Northeast the number of children suffering from acute malnutrition is projected to increase to two million in 2023. Credit: UNOCHA/Christina Powell.…