By Peoples Dispatch* NIAMEY, Niger | 25 November 2024 (IDN) — Delegates from the popular movements, labour unions, peasant organizations, and left parties in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the US gathered in Niamey, the capital of Niger, to attend the “Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel” from November 19 to 21. […]
Ailing America Needs Multiple and Overlapping Remedies
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 24 November 2024 (IDN) — America is a country of undoubted vast strengths—technological, economic, and cultural—yet its government is profoundly failing its own citizens and the world. Trump’s victory is very easy to […]
COP29: A Staggering Betrayal of the World’s Most Vulnerable
By the Group of Least Developed Countries BAKU, Azerbaijan | 24 November 2024 (IDN) — The Group of world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on Climate Change is outraged and deeply hurt by the outcome of COP29. “Once again, the countries most responsible for the climate crisis have failed us. We leave Baku without an ambitious […]
COP29 Ends with “Atrocious” New Climate Finance Goal
By the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) BAKU, Azerbaijan | 24 November 2024 (IDN) —The 29th UN Climate Conference (COP29) concluded 23 November, with an atrocious new climate finance goal of $300 billion, after wealthy nations refused to pay up in line with their legal obligations to provide sufficient climate finance to the Global […]
G20 Summit-Health: Leaders Pave the Way for Sustainable Funding of WHO
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 23 November (IDN) — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental lawyer, prominent Kennedy political family member, and activist who became a leading figure among vaccine sceptics. He is expected to be a critical prop for Trump’s policies. Four years ago, as the US recorded a daily […]
Volkswagen: Is a German Industrial Myth Coming to an End?
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, […]
What Trump’s Return to Power Implies for the EU and the Balkans
By Dr. Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 22 November 2024 (IDN) — The return of Trump to the United States presidency raises legitimate concerns for both the European Union and the Balkans. These concerns primarily revolve around national dynamics, economic implications, and the solidification of nationalist attitudes and inter-political combustion within the Balkan states It […]
Russia Launches A New Missile at Ukraine While U.S. Provides New Tactical Weapons
By C. Todd Lopez, DoD WASHINGON. D.C. | 21 November 2024 (IDN) — The Russians today launched a new kind of missile at Ukraine, what the Defense Department is calling an “intermediate-range ballistic missile,” or IRBM, said the deputy Pentagon press secretary. “I can confirm that Russia did launch an experimental intermediate range ballistic missile,” […]
Criminal Court Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Implies Indicment of US Complicity
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 21 November 2024 (IDN) — It’s official now. America’s closest ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the one accorded more than 50 standing ovations in Congress just months ago, is under indictment by […]