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Illicit financial flows. Credit: IPS Opinion by Khalid Saifullah (new york) Friday, October 04, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 04 (IPS) – Khalid Saifullah, Fellow, Save Bangladesh USA Inc.The commonly used Bangla phrase for siphoning off money out of the country – “taka pachar” – is rather misleading. Because taka, the Bangladeshi currency, is…
Section of Castries, Saint Lucia. Through ambitious NDCs, SIDS like Saint Lucia are hoping to shore up resilience and protect their economies and infrastructure. Access to adequate climate financing remains crucial to these efforts. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (saint lucia) Tuesday, October 01, 2024 Inter Press Service Buoyed by the collaboration and agenda established…
We explore youth in power. The median age of leaders is 62, but young people are pushing for change. It is still a golden age for older politicians. According to the Pew Research Center, the median age of current national leaders is 62, and in most countries, leaders are much older than the average citizen….
Four-fifths of Kashmir’s population depends on agriculture. Yet, this heatwave is devastating crops, including the famed saffron. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (srinagar, india) Thursday, September 26, 2024 Inter Press Service SRINAGAR, India, Sep 26 (IPS) – Nearly 60 percent of Kashmir’s agriculture relies on rainwater for irrigation, but this year the rainfall…
Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, addresses the media and the community at the site of the Mullivaikal massacre. She says justice is overdue for the families of those killed and disappeared during the Sri Lankan civil war. Credit: Johan Mikaelsson/IPS by Johan Mikaelsson (mullivaikal, sri lanka) Monday, September 16, 2024 Inter Press Service MULLIVAIKAL,…