By Emily Patterson and Simon Brunsdon Brisbane‘s early-season injury curse has continued with another gun forward going down at training on Tuesday. Hours before naming their team for round four, the Broncos watched talented backrower Brendan Piakura limp off the paddock. 9News journalist Dominique Loudon reports Piakura will miss Friday’s …
Read More »Rich Nations, IMF Deepen World Stagnation
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 13 (IPS) – With the US Fed raising interest rates, the world economy is slowing as debt distress spreads across the global South, increasing poverty worldwide to pre-pandemic levels, with the poorest …
Read More »Carbon Market Greenwashing Systems Deepen Inequalities in Global South – Experts
Kenya’s extensive coastline has been fronted as a hub for carbon trading due to its lush mangrove forests. But now experts caution that carbon markets are exploitative greenwashing systems. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, November 10, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Nov 10 (IPS) – Somalia, Syria, DRC …
Read More »Rebel attacks deepen displacement crisis in DRC’s Ituri province
Attacks by the CODECO militia, one of 120 rebel groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. One month since rebels closed in on Drodro village in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the once bustling wards of its hospital are …
Read More »Arrests over alleged secret ‘police station’ deepen showdown between Washington and Beijing | CNN
CNN — “We don’t need or want a secret police station in our great city,” said Breon Peace, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York on Monday – expressing the likely feeling of many Americans at the news that the FBI has arrested two alleged agents for …
Read More »In Africa, Kamala Harris Looks to Deepen Relations Amid China’s Influence
Vice President Kamala Harris has begun a weeklong tour of Ghana and two other African nations as the Biden administration hopes to set a new path for U.S.-Africa ties that focuses on collaboration rather than crises, a trip seen as a significant step toward revitalizing a relationship with Africa that …
Read More »Putin ally Lukashenko and Chinese leader Xi Jinping vow to deepen defense ties | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko – a close ally of Vladimir Putin – vowed to deepen defense and security ties and expressed shared views on the war in Ukraine during a Wednesday meeting in Beijing, as geopolitical tensions around Russia’s war continue …
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