By Frédéric Fréry* The Conversation published this article under a Creative Commons licence. PARIS | 23 November 2024 (IDN) — In late October 2024, Volkswagen’s works council announced that the group’s management was considering closing three factories in Germany, which would lead to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs and a general salary […]
All Eyes on Busan: Will World Leaders Deliver an Ambitious Global Plastics Treaty?
By Hellen Kahaso Dena* The final round of negotiations for the Global Plastics Treaty (25 November-1 December) is underway in Busan, South Korea. Delegates from over 175 nations have gathered to craft a legally binding agreement on the life cycle of plastics. NAIROBI, Kenya | 22 November 2024 (IDN) — Africa is drowning in plastics, […]
Ukraine War: UN Peace Forces as Part of a Comprehensive Peace Deal?
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 20 November 2024 (IDN) — To its credit the Soviet Union and its successor state, Russia, has long supported UN peacekeeping, a practice that originated in 1960 in the time of UN Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, who evolved the concept during the great Congolese civil war when it was in […]
Ukraine War: The Biden ATACMS Decision Ends All Negotiation Possibilities
By Stepehen Bryen* This article was issued by Weapons and Strategy and is being republished with their permission. WASHINGTON, D.C. | 19 November 2024 (IDN) — Joe Biden has got Donald Trump out of a bind. In his Presidential campaign Trump claimed he could quickly bring an end to the Ukraine war and force a […]
Ukrainian Women Drive Humanitarian Response and Recovery Amid Growing Security Threats
By Lakshmi Thor KYIV | NEW YORK | 19 November 2024 (IDN) — As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine entered its 1,000th day on 18 November, civilians, women, and girls in Ukraine are enduring deadly intensified attacks across major cities, amid an increasing humanitarian emergency and a feared energy crisis. The war continues to have […]
Call for Protecting Our Common Climate System
By Bernhard Schell BAKU, Azerbaijan | 18 November 2024 (IDN) — Over 400 religious, faith and values-based individuals and organizations have called for overcoming national barriers in the interest our planet. “Humanity must reach beyond nationalism to build fit-for-purpose global governance for managing the Earth’s atmosphere—our common climate system,” says an interfaith appeal Protecting Our […]
COP29: Focus on Food Systems
By Danielle Nierenberg* BAKU, Azerbaijan | 17 November 2024 (IDN) — We talk a lot about storytelling here at Food Tank, and for good reason: The stories we tell matter. They shape how we approach interacting with our neighbors, transforming systems, and building a better world. The question of who tells our stories matters, too! […]
Behind a Surge in India-Russia Economic Relations
By Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash* NEW DELHI | 16 November 2024 (IDN) — In the past decade, the core drivers of India-Russia relations have begun shifting. The traditionally dominant military-technical partnership has declined, with India buying less Russian weapons, technology and military platforms. The economic pillar stagnated as military dealings slowed, with bilateral trade hovering around […]
Zimbabwe Struggling to Save Dying Wetlands
By Sally Nyakanyanga* HARARE, Zimbabwe | 16 November 2024 (IDN) — Budiriro 1 and Budiriro 5, two high-density suburbs of Harare in Zimbabwe, were once separated by a wetland. Now, they are separated by “Budiriro 3 Extension”, an illegally built settlement of temporary homes. As a result of this development, important functions performed by the […]
Opportunities and Challenges of AI for Journalism
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Editor-In-Chief of LEADERSHIP and the author of Writing for Media and Monetising It. This modified version of AI-Generated Storytelling: Opportunities and Challenges was based on my presentation at the 20th Annual Conference of the NGE on 8 November 2024. ABUJA | 14 November 2024 (IDN) — One year […]