By Rodney Reynolds NEW YORK | 17 October 2024 (IDN) — Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance—nearly 40 percent of all climate funds disbursed by the Bank over the past seven years— is unaccounted for due to poor record-keeping practices, reveals a new Oxfam report published ahead of the World Bank and […]
On World Food Day, We Should Have Remembered the People of Gaza
By Anuradha Mittal* OAKLAND, California | 17 October 2024 (IDN) — It has been 43 years since the World Food Day was first celebrated on October 16, 1981, following United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) establishing the day in 1979 to raise awareness about hunger and promote action to end it. In 2024, when […]
UN Women Faults Lack of Protection Measures
By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK | 16 October 2024 (IDN) — UN Women,the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, has called on governments to provide women and girls with sustainable pathways out of poverty, by prioritizing the needs of women and girls in their social protection measures and crisis […]
Would Trump Use Nuclear Weapons?
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 16 October 2024 (IDN) — In the Cold War days, some of us used to say, “Better red than dead”—to rebuff those who believed in nuclear deterrence as a way of political life that gave them security. Now those of us who are frightened that Trump could start a nuclear […]
Up to 21,000 Maybe Dying Daily from Conflict-Fuelled Hunger, New Report Warns
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 16 October 2024 (IDN) — As some of the world’s ongoing conflicts, including Russia vs Ukraine and Israel vs Hamas keep escalating, the continued battles are having a devastating impact on rising hunger and food shortages. Up to 21,000 people are dying each day from conflict-fuelled hunger around the […]
US Top Jurisdiction Used by Environmental Criminals to Hide Dirty Money
By FACT COALITION Analysis of 230 Environmental Crimes in Amazon Region Sheds Light on How Illicit Proceeds Are Laundered WASHINGTON, DC | 16 October 2024 (IDN) — A new report by the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition finds that the U.S. is the most common foreign destination for the products and proceeds of […]
Germany Rejects Ukraine’s Demands for Taurus Missiles and NATO Membership
By Ahmed Adel The writer is geopolitics and political economy researcher. This article was originally published in InfoBrics. CAIRO | 15 October 2024 (IDN) — Berlin has spurned two key demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to “sell” during his European tour to promote his so-called Victory Plan: getting the green light for deep […]
Growing Momentum for Treaty to Address Crimes Against Humanity
By Richard Dicker and John Fisher* UNITED NATIONS | 15 October 2024 (IDN) — “We stand at a crossroads,” the delegate of Sierra Leone, speaking on behalf of 75 states from all regions of the world, told the UN General Assembly’s Sixth (or “Legal”) Committee. “The time is now to act, and we must act […]
How the Evolution of BRICS Is Reinforcing a Multipolar World
By Janakie Seneviratne* COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 15 October 2024 (IDN) — BRICS, the brainchild of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, was founded in 2006 by Brazil, Russia, India, and China, with South Africa joining in 2011. In January, this year, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates became full members of the […]
Time for a United Front Against Trump and Realism About Harris
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 14 October 2024 (IDN) — With Election Day just three weeks off and voting already underway in some states, the race for president is down to the wire. Progressives could make the difference. While no one in their left mind plans to vote for the fascistic and unhinged Donald […]