By Rodney Reynolds NEW YORK | 28 June 2024 (IDN) — The world’s educational institutions, along with students, teachers and academics, have come under attack largely during military conflicts and civil wars. About 6,000 attacks on education took place in 2022 and 2023, a nearly 20 percent increase compared with the previous two years, according […]
Giant Wall Mural on Sustainable Development Goals Inaugurated
By Reinhard Jacobsen VIENNA | 28 June 2024 (IDN) — The gigantic mural painting, “Woman with Dove – Shaping Our Common Future”, has been inaugurated at a special ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in Austria’s capital city. Representatives of Host Country, City of Vienna, 22nd municipal district, the United Nations and the Calle Libre […]
Next Asian Hotspot: “Outsiders” Could Trigger Conflict in The Himalayas
Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK | 27 June 2023 (IDN) — Current geopolitical tensions in the Asian region — what China calls “outsiders interfering in the region to create conflict”— spreading to India’s Himalayan borders, threatening India’s and the region’s security. The conflict in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur bordering Myanmar is already beginning to […]
When the World’s Newsrooms Erupted in Laughter…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS | 27 June 2024 (IDN) — When British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addressed reporters outside his official residence, 10 Downing Street, to announce the next general elections, he stood there in pelting rain with a heavily water-soaked suit because no one was shielding him from the weather while dozens of […]
Tanzania: Livestock Sector Gets Climate-Smart Boost
By Kizito Makoye Shigela IRINGA, Tanzania | 27 June 2024 (IDN) — Sitting under the shade of a baobab tree, Leinot Leboo watches his cattle as they drink from a dam. This scene starkly contrasts with the village’s troubled past as a hotspot for fistfights. The 47-year-old herder at Ikolongo village, Iringa region in Tanzania’s […]
Bowman Was Defeated by a Toxic Blend of Zionism and Militarism
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 27 June 2024 (IDN) — New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman lost a primary election on Tuesday (25 June) because of unprecedented spending against him by powerful forces that insist Israel does no wrong. By last week, AIPAC had already devoted more than $14 million to defeating Bowman, in retaliation […]
Why America’s Future Hangs in The Balance in November
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 26 June 2024 (IDN) — Throughout my career as a professor and columnist, I have and continue to adhere to one principle: I govern myself based on what I consider factual and morally justifiable. Over the years, I have supported many conservative and liberal policies and found no contradictions […]
113 Countries Have Never Had a Woman Head of State
NEW YORK | 25 June 2024 (IDN) — Despite progress, women are still largely excluded from positions of power and diplomacy, with the highest levels of influence and decision-making still predominantly occupied by men. According to UN Women’s global data on Women Political Leaders 2024, worldwide, women’s under-representation in decision-making remains as a stark reality. […]
Ocean Currents Bringing Plastic Waste to Tonga
By Malia Kavai* NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga | 25 June 2024 (IDN | Wansolwara) — Ocean currents across the vast Pacific Ocean are bringing plastic wastes to Tonga. This is the warning from two visiting scholars from New Zealand. The two scholars, Professor Palatasa Havea from Massey University and Dr. Bridie Allan, a lecturer at Otago University, […]
After 20 Years of ‘Negative Peace’, Liberians Want Change
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 25 June 2024 (IDN) — In the past two decades, impunity has reigned supreme in Liberia, with suspected wartime criminals engaged in political intimidation, threats of renewed violence and doling out the spoils of war. Some have reinvented themselves as millionaires-cum-moguls, philanthropists, political kingmakers, ethno-nationalists or […]