Tag Archives: Nations

Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (apex, north carolina / dublin, ireland) Friday, April 19, 2024 Inter Press Service With current UN Secretary-General António Guterres set to step down in 2026, who is in the running to replace him? In this seven-part series, Felix Dodds and Chris Spence reveal who might …

The Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament is set … USMNT beats Mexico for Nations League title … Four suspects charged in Moscow terror attack … ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack … Stock futures slipped ahead of shortened trading week … Tammy Murphy drops out of New Jersey Senate …

Britain, the European Union and the United Arab Emirates will join the United States in opening a maritime route for humanitarian relief to Gaza, officials said on Friday, adding momentum to a complex and untested effort to bring urgently needed aid to the territory by sea. Ursula von der Leyen, …

Marcus Smith’s hopes of stepping out of Owen Farrell’s shadow in the Six Nations have gotten off to a frustrating start, with the exciting England flyhalf ruled out of the team’s opening match of the tournament because of injury. Smith sustained a calf injury at the squad’s training camp in …

A family displaced by prolonged drought in Ethiopia now live in a makeshift tent in Mogadishu, Somalia. June 2023. Credit: IOM/Muse Mohammed Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu – Chen Wang – Monica Das (bangkok, thailand) Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 17 (IPS) – As the world …

The Africa Cup of Nations has kicked off spectacularly! The first three days have been filled with exciting football matches and thrilling entertainment, keeping fans on the edge of their seats.    TECNO, the smartphone sponsor for the tournament, has stayed true to its promise of providing us with unlimited …

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 …

Yamide Dagnet points to the urgency of climate action to meet the Paris Agreements, while protecting frontline communities and about 70 000 attendees grapple with issues during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28. Credit: COP28/Walaa Alshaer by Umar Manzoor Shah (dubai) Sunday, December 03, 2023 Inter Press Service DUBAI, Dec 03 …

“One thing is for sure, a World Cup without me is nothing to watch,” declared Zlatan Ibrahimovic in November 2013, after Sweden failed to make it to Brazil. It was a typical Zlatan exaggeration, but one of the finest and most marketable players on the planet had missed out on …

The most powerful secretary of state of the postwar era, he was both celebrated and reviled. His complicated legacy still resonates in relations with China, Russia and the Middle East.