By Ronald Joshua GENEVA (IDN) – The remarkable story of China’s dominance in the trade of creative goods and services is the golden thread of a new creative economy outlook by UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The creative economy is recognized as a significant sector and a meaningful contributor to national […]
South Africa Calls For Solidarity With DR Congo As Security Council Debates Early Election Results
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – South Africa has called on the international community in general and the UN Security Council in particular to provide the necessary support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the aftermath of the December 30 provincial and presidential elections that will be the first democratic […]
Myanmar Buddhists Say International Media Is ‘Unfair’
Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne This article is the 26th in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. YANGON, Myanmar (IDN) – When I checked into a hotel at 10.00 pm in Central Yangon near the iconic Sule Pagoda, seeing a lot of South Asian Muslims around […]
African Leaders Confront A ‘Blue Wave’ Demanding Change
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – When Democrats captured one House seat after another in the U.S. midterm elections, observers brushed it off as a “blue trickle”. Later they had to admit: it was a giant blue wave. Africans are also yearning for change and their frustration is erupting across the continent […]
Former President Jacob Zuma Reveals Plans For New Career
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – After a brief spin as President of South Africa, the multi-talented Jacob Zuma is plunging into a new and exciting career path – he’ll be a recording artist of liberation songs from the anti-apartheid struggle. A full-length album will be recorded in April during the […]
3,500 Lose Jobs As New Currency Shortage Hits Zimbabwe
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Over 3,500 youth officers have been laid off as part of the nation’s shortage of currency amid efforts to streamline the wage bill. It was explained that the layoffs would save the country a substantial amount while the nation’s economy is limping. Public Service Commission […]
Strengthening The Evidence Base To Deliver On The 2030 Agenda
Viewpoint by Gemma Van Halderen The writer is Director, Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). This article appeared as blog on the UNESCAP website on January 2, 2019. BANGKOK (IDN) – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has set an ambitious agenda of 17 global […]
Contemporary Art Triggers China-India Soft-Power Competition
Art is a means of soft power for persuading and attracting global attention. “As globalization has distributed economic benefits around the world more broadly, emerging economies are stepping up to express their role as actors in the global sphere,” explains John Zarobell, associate professor and chair of International Studies at the University of San Francisco. […]
Indian Foreign Policy Not Walking Modi’s Big Talk
Viewpoint by Bharat Karnad The author is Research Professor for National Security Studies at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He is author of ‘Staggering Forward: Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition’ and blogs at ‘SecurityWise‘. This article first appeared on EastAsiaForum on 24 December 2018. NEW DELHI (IDN-INPS) – The 2018 G20 Summit […]
The Biomass Shore Project – A Leading Model For Next-Generation Innovation
Viewpoint by Midori Kurahashi The author is Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Japan. TOKYO (IDN) – Worldwide forest fires and the abnormal heat experienced last summer are still fresh in our memory. Many people throughout the world had a sense that some kind of unsettling change […]