Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Capitalism rules the world. Correct. But Bernie Sanders has his doubts about it. Good. It is a malicious system in many ways but as Winston Churchill might have said, it is better than all the alternatives. Nevertheless, it’s time overdue to tame the beast. After the Second […]
Doha Hosts High-Level Meeting of the UNODC’s Global Judicial Integrity Network
By Bernhard Schell DOHA | VIENNA (IDN | UNIS) —The second high-level meeting of the Global Judicial Integrity Network of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has launched in Doha under the patronage of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, with hundreds of chief justices and senior judges from […]
UN Study Predicts $32 Billion Fall in Post-Brexit UK Exports
By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN | UNCTAD) — A new study expects non-tariff measures (NTMs) to cause major fractures in post-exit trade relations between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU), knocking up to US$32 billion, or 14 per cent, off of UK exports to the EU. NTMs are policy measures other than […]
Coronavirus ‘Not Yet a Pandemic’ But Affects 28 Countries
By J Nastranis NEW YORK | GENEVA (IDN) — A sudden increase in new cases of COVID-19 is of concern, but the spread of coronavirus is not yet a pandemic, maintains the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). “Does this virus have pandemic potential? Absolutely, it has. Are we there yet? From our assessment, […]
UN Chief Launches Call to Action at Boosting Equality
By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) – During the 75th anniversary year of the United Nations, “because of the centrality of human rights in all UN does, and because human rights are under assault”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has launched a Call to Action aimed at boosting equality and reducing suffering everywhere. “Human rights are our […]
America’s Christian Right, Republicans and Donald Trump – 5
Viewpoint by John Newsinger* This is the fifth of a six-part article originally published in International Socialism under the title The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trump. Click here for part four of the series. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of […]
Experts Concerned About the State of Children
By Jaya Ramachadran GENEVA (IDN) —A landmark report focuses on the health and future of children and adolescents worldwide who are under immediate threat from ecological degradation, climate change and exploitative marketing practices that push heavily processed fast food, sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco at children. The report by a Commission of over 40 child […]
A High-Optics, Low-Outcome Trump Trip to India
Viewpoint by Bharat Karnad * NEW DELHI (IDN) — It’s unclear what Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said to U.S. President Donald Trump when the former called the White House on February 11. Reportedly what sealed the presidential trip to India was Modi’s promise that some 5-7 million people would be lining the route from […]
America’s Christian Right, Republicans and Donald Trump – 4
Viewpoint by John Newsinger* This is the fourth of a six-part article originally published in International Socialism under the title The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trump. Click here for part three of the series. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of […]
Drying Lake Chad Basin Triggers Humanitarian Crisis
By Leon Usigbe; Africa Renewal LAGOS (IDN) — Twenty-year-old Phoebe Musa remembers the day Boko Haram militants stormed her village of Gwoza in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, five years ago. They came in on horseback, motorbikes and screeching military vehicles and attacked everyone in sight. Amid bursts of gunshots, they set fire to dozens of […]