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Sarita Das found some solace in creativity on the Fuzia platform (handout Fuzia) by Fairuz Ahmed (new york) Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 22 (IPS) – For Dr Farzana Khan, a frontline worker and a second-generation immigrant from Pakistan living in California, social media helped her …

The government on June 4, 2021 announced the indefinite suspension of the American social networking service, alleging that it was being used for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. The government announced on Tuesday, June 22 that a six-member committee has been set up to dialogue with …

After declining for several decades, world hunger has been on the rise since 2016, driven by conflict and climate change. Some 41 million people in 43 countries are at imminent risk of famine, with nearly 600,000 others in four countries already experiencing famine-like conditions, the World Food Programme (WFP) has …

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has threatened to send anyone who refuses a coronavirus vaccine to jail, as the country grapples with one of the worst current outbreaks in Asia. “There is a crisis being faced in this country. There is a national emergency,” Mr. Duterte said during a …

Water sowing includes the construction of low ditches and dikes that slow down the speed at which rainfall runs off the land, stimulate its infiltration into the soil and channel it into ponds for later recovery. The technique gives farmer José Antonio Casimiro, at his Finca del Medio farm in …

Israel has allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the besieged Gaza Strip in what it called a “conditional” measure, one month after a truce halted an 11-day offensive on the Strip. “Following a security evaluation, a decision has been made for the first time since the end of …

Dr Umar Gwandu, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Minister of Justice, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the appointment was for a fresh tenure of five years. Also appointed as Board Members are Luqman Muhammad (South South), Anumba Adaeze (South …

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — A right-wing populist wave in Eastern Europe, lifted by Donald J. Trump’s surprise victory in 2016, has not crashed as a result of his defeat last November. But it has collided with a serious obstacle: Its leaders are not very popular. After winning elections by railing against …