Peace With China Is Far More Important Than Power Over China

By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 21 January 2025 (IDN) —The West, the US especially, has got itself into a fretful mood over the rise of China. Quite unnecessarily so. The Chinese growth rate is slowing. As a BBC commentator said recently, reviewing this week’s government-issued statistics, China never will hit double digit growth again. […]

Aristotle Predicted Trump’s Inauguration

By James E. Jennings* ATLANTA, USA | 19 January 2025 (IDN) — The Athenian philosopher Aristotle predicted Donald Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, 2025 more than 2,300 years ago.  How could he do that?  It’s amazing but not very complicated. In Book V of Politics Aristotle wrote that democracies in their extreme form—a combination […]

WHO Appeals for USD 1.5 billion to Tackle Unprecedented Global Health Crisis

By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA | 17 January 2025 (IDN) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA), calling for US$ 1.5 billion to support an unparalleled global health crisis, with 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Conflict, climate change, epidemics, and displacement have converged to create this […]

Sri Lanka: Better Manage the Water Tanks to Ensure Food Security

By Mohan Seneviratne* COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 16 January 2025 (IDN) — Water is at the centre of economic and social development. It influences whether communities are healthy places to live, whether farmers can grow food and underpins natural ecosystems. Moreover, humans experience Climate Change through water be it floods, droughts, cyclones or tsunamis. Sri […]

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