Global IssuesNews headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 58
The Year of Inflation Exposes Dogma and Class Bias
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jan 17 (IPS) - Inflation worries topped Ipsos’s What Worries the World survey in 2022 overtaking COVID concerns. The return of inflation caught major central banks, e.g., the US Federal Reserve (Fed), Bank of England, European Central Bank “off guard”. The persistence of inflation also surprised the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The return of inflation and its persistence exposed the poverty of the economics profession, unable to agree on its causes and required policy responses. It also exposed the profession’s anti-working class biases.
Recommit to Libya ceasefire, urges senior UN representative
- UN News
Following the latest meeting of rival military leaders in Sirte, Libya, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNSMIL) has called upon the national authorities to recommit to fully supporting the implementation of Libya’s 2020 ceasefire agreement.
Killings of journalists up 50 per cent in 2022: UNESCO
- UN News
The number of journalists killed worldwide significantly increased in 2022, following a decline over the previous three years, according to the United Nations’ culture agency (UNESCO).
Pakistan: rights experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, child marriage
- UN News
Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam.
Taking Humanitarianism Hostage - the Case of Afghanistan & Multilateral Organisations
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 12 (IPS) - Can you imagine what it would be like if women were simply not allowed to step outside of their homes, let alone to work for a living? When women choose to do so, and they can afford it, then it is a matter of choice. When women mostly cannot, as is the case in Afghanistan nownot only is half the population imprisoned, but children go hungry, and communities sink deeper into poverty.
Iran: UN rights chief Türk warns against further ‘State-sanctioned killing’
- UN News
The Iranian Government faced renewed strong condemnation from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday, who accused it of the “State-sponsored killing” of protesters.
Conflicts, Climate Change Threaten Sprouting of Africas Great Green Wall
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Jan 06 (IPS) - Escalating conflict and climate change threaten the implementation of the Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI), an ambitious land restoration project across Africa.
Call for Restraints in US Arms Transfers to Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan 05 (IPS) - More than 10 months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its allies continue to seek the most effective military, humanitarian, political, and economic means of assisting Ukraine.
Living Another Year Dangerously
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jan 02 (IPS) - 2022 has been a year of great uncertainty when it seemed the world perilously reached the brink of self-destruction – be it human-induced climate change or military conflict. Welcoming 2022, we had enough reasons to be optimistic; but it was another ‘year of living dangerously’ – Tahun vivere pericoloso in the words of Soekarno, or an annus horribilis in the words of the late Queen Elizabeth.
US in Proxy War with Russia Doles out 100 Billion Dollars in Aid & Arms to Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 02 (IPS) - A US Senator once described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, perhaps facetiously, as “a Winston Churchill in a tee shirt”.
And last month, when he addressed the US Congress – with the presence of about 100 Senators and 435 Congressmen – he tried to re-live that moment.
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