By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — The European Union (EU), United Kingdom, Japan and Australia are holding the world hostage by refusing to support a waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents for the world to recover from the pandemic. The World Trade Organization (WTO) remains at an impasse for one year.
COP26: Protect Peace and Justice at the Climate Change Summit
Viewpoint by Arunabha Ghosh and Isabel Studer Noguez While Dr Arunabha Ghosh is CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Dr Isabel Studer-Noguez is Director of Alianza University of California-Mexico. Both sit on the international expert panel for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) initiative Environment of Peace. STOCKHOLM (IDN) — When world leaders […]
A Day in the Life of an Editor
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — This topic reminds me of two recent incidents. I was in the office on the morning of Tuesday, July 13 when a colleague rushed in with his phone. He seemed quite animated, but there was […]
North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program is a Logical Response to Repeated Threats from the US-Japanese-South Korean Alliance
Viewpoint by Joseph Gerson The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security; Co-Founder of the Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy; and author of “Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World”. NEW YORK (IDN) — News reports recently broadcast North Korea’s ostentatious display […]
Inaugural Flight To Kushinagar Cements Eternally Binding Buddhist Indo-Lanka Bond
By Sugeeswara Senadhira This article is the 47th in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship agency of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate. Click here for previous reports. COLOMBO (IDN) — An inaugural flight between Colombo and India’s newest international airport Kushinagar landed on October 20 to mark the official […]
UN Agency Calls for More Funds for Developing Nations from World’s Largest Institutional Investors
By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA (IDN) — Sustainable finance and the global capital market play an important role in meeting a growing need to mobilize the vast sums of capital needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States […]
Our Future vs. Neoliberalism
Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK (IDN) — In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S. Congress are refusing to back down on the Democrats’ promises to […]
WTO Extends Measures for LDCs to Access Knowledge, But Why not Go the Whole Way?
Viewpoint by Teresa Hackett The writer is Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager at Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL). She oversees the development and delivery of a unique, copyright service for libraries in developing and transition countries, providing specialist resources in multiple languages, and individual assistance on legislative issues. VILNIUS, Lithuania (IDN) — When members of […]
The EU Sidelined?
Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission What do the Biden administration’s recent lonely foreign and security policy decisions imply for the EU? Perplexity and annoyance in Paris. Consternation in Brussels. Lots of open questions and no answers in Berlin.
Okavango’s Ecosystem Falls Prey to Oil Drilling
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Drilling companies are on the run—or at least they should be. A worldwide movement to reduce global warming and protect endangered supplies of water has turned its firepower on the growth of oil well drilling, particularly in areas of precious wildlife preserves in southern Africa.