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Aboriginal group seeks $1.1bn in damages over iron ore mining project

  • February 19, 2025

The Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation filed the landmark case against Western Australia’s state government. An Aboriginal group is seeking 1.8 billion Australian dollars ($1.15bn) in damages from Western Australia’s state government after it allowed a mining firm to establish an iron ore project on its ancestral land without a land...

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Human Insecurity from Climate Change on Vanuatu and Guam

  • February 13, 2025

Floods and heavy rain in Guam. Credit: – [email protected] Opinion by Anselm Vogler Thursday, February 13, 2025 Inter Press Service To address the core challenges to human security imposed by climate change, the “emergent practice of climate security” must be sensitive to two contexts. First, local political and economic contexts...

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Online Education: A Lifeline for Afghan Girls Amid Taliban Restrictions

  • February 7, 2025

Women vanish from public life under Taliban rule. Credit: Learning Together. Friday, February 07, 2025 Inter Press Service The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons Feb 07 (IPS) – Since the Taliban regained power in...

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Trump imposes tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China

  • February 2, 2025

The United States has imposed stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, prompting swift retaliatory measures from the country’s North American neighbours. US President Donald Trump signed three separate executive orders on Saturday, imposing 25 percent on goods from Canada and Mexico, and 10 percent on all imports...

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