Month: October 2020

Read MoreKushal Kunwar Sharma is affectionately known as the “elephant doctor” in India’s wildlife community.Kushal Kunwar Sharma is affectionately known as the “elephant doctor” in India’s wildlife community.

Read MoreAfter a year of often violent protests, Chileans get to decide whether they want a new constitution.After a year of often violent protests, Chileans get to decide whether they want a new constitution.

Read MoreFaced with wars, climate change and a pandemic, the United Nations is struggling to make an impact.Faced with wars, climate change and a pandemic, the United Nations is struggling to make an impact.

Read More The campaign against police brutality has encouraged young Nigerians to take on the older generation. The campaign against police brutality has encouraged young Nigerians to take on the older generation.

Read MoreThe campaign against police brutality has encouraged young Nigerians to take on the older generation.The campaign against police brutality has encouraged young Nigerians to take on the older generation.

Read MoreFrom fake news to how other countries see the US – here’s a look at the president’s global impact.From fake news to how other countries see the US – here’s a look at the president’s global impact.

Read MoreThe NHS wants us to donate blood plasma to help fight Covid-19. But why?The NHS wants us to donate blood plasma to help fight Covid-19. But why?

Read MoreThe Washington State Department of Agriculture plans to try to eradicate the Asian giant hornet nest on Saturday.The Washington State Department of Agriculture plans to try to eradicate the Asian giant hornet nest on Saturday.

Read More At the presidential debate on Thursday, as the candidates were talking about their visions for the future, one comment about the past caught a lot of viewers’ attention. After President Trump said that it was a good thing that he had a good relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, as Presidents…

Read MoreThe Colorado wildfires have forced teacher CarrieAnn Fain to leave behind her dream home.The Colorado wildfires have forced teacher CarrieAnn Fain to leave behind her dream home.

Read More This year’s pandemic means there is no crying—or spitting—in baseball. After a shortened season roiled by attempts to make baseball work in the year of COVID-19, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays are facing off in a World Series as unusual as the games that came before. But this is not…

Read MoreUS Treasury Department accuses institute of being ‘connected to’ Triton malware that targets industrial safety systems.US Treasury Department accuses institute of being ‘connected to’ Triton malware that targets industrial safety systems.

Read More Turkey’s tests of its Russian-made S-400 air defense systems violate Ankara’s commitment to NATO and may hamper its security relations with the US, the Pentagon has said, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed the drills. The US Department of Defense “condemns in the strongest possible terms” the S-400 tests, conducted by the Turkish…

Read MoreNigeria’s president blamed ‘hooliganism’ for the violence and said security forces used ‘extreme restraint’.Nigeria’s president blamed ‘hooliganism’ for the violence and said security forces used ‘extreme restraint’.

Read More Standing outside a Walmart in Sterling Heights, Mich., the choice seemed simple to Heather Abro. She voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, “because I wanted to give someone who was not a politician a chance.” Besides, she “couldn’t connect” with Hillary Clinton: “I didn’t like her.” This year Abro, a 42-year-old high-school…

Read MoreProtesters rally in Warsaw and other cities after a court ruling bans almost all abortions.Protesters rally in Warsaw and other cities after a court ruling bans almost all abortions.

Read More Bodies, which public prosecutor said appeared to be stowaways, discovered when container opened on Friday Authorities in Paraguay have found at least seven badly decomposed bodies inside a shipment of fertilizer that left Serbia three months ago. The container, which came via Argentina, was unloaded earlier this week at a port on the…

Read MoreThe French president’s comments come as daily cases in several European countries reach new highs.The French president’s comments come as daily cases in several European countries reach new highs.

Read MoreComplicated counts and Trump’s attacks on voting integrity has officials preparing for the worst on election night.Complicated counts and Trump’s attacks on voting integrity has officials preparing for the worst on election night.

Read More NEW DELHI, India, Oct 23 (IPS) – When a minority woman with an opinion doesn’t comply with stereotypes, she is targeted with online hate, says award-winning journalist and senior editor at The Wire, Arfa Khanum Sherwani in an exclusive interview with Inter Press Service. Read the full story, “Rising above the Hate Online…

Read MoreAl Jazeera asks the same key questions about the presidential election to voters across the United States.Al Jazeera asks the same key questions about the presidential election to voters across the United States.

Read MoreNATO allies agree to cancel rival military exercises to be held next week as eastern Mediterranean tensions simmer.NATO allies agree to cancel rival military exercises to be held next week as eastern Mediterranean tensions simmer.

Read More Engineers have created a paint capable of reflecting 95.5 percent of sunlight back into space, while keeping a building cooler than the ambient temperature, which might one day dramatically reduce the need for air conditioning. In research undertaken at Purdue University, in Indiana, engineers have produced the remarkable acrylic paint. It makes use…

Read MoreLibya’s nearly decade-long conflict has killed thousands people and displaced tens of thousands of others.Libya’s nearly decade-long conflict has killed thousands people and displaced tens of thousands of others.

Read More Donald Trump said his wild performance at the first debate was better for life but that his change of strategy against Joe Biden in the final debate was more popular. Donald Trump said his wild performance at the first debate was better for life but that his change of strategy against Joe Biden…

Read More WASHINGTON — While senior Trump administration officials said this week that Iran has been actively interfering in the presidential election, many intelligence officials said they remained far more concerned about Russia, which in recent days has hacked into state and local computer networks in breaches that could allow Moscow broader access to U.S.…

Read MoreMore than a dozen people were killed in clashes after preliminary results showed President Conde winning re-election.More than a dozen people were killed in clashes after preliminary results showed President Conde winning re-election.

Read More Benjamin Netanyahu snubbed Donald Trump‘s attempts to gang up on Joe Biden during the announcement of a peace deal to normalise relations between Israel and Sudan. Benjamin Netanyahu snubbed Donald Trump’s attempts to gang up on Joe Biden during the announcement of a peace deal to normalise relations between Israel and Sudan.

Read More NEW YORK, Oct 23 (IPS) – Joanne Bosworth is Chief of Public Finance and Local Governance at UNICEF. Jennifer Asman is Public Finance Policy Specialist at UNICEF.2020 has not turned out as planned. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact populations around the world, governments have been forced to take a fresh look…

Read More After tech giant Amazon tweeted praise for footballer Marcus Rashford’s efforts to secure free meals for schoolchildren, CEO Jeff Bezos came under instant fire for his colossal wealth and supposed indifference to world hunger. The latest blasting of Bezos came after the Amazon Prime Video Sports account called the UK footballer a “national…

Read MoreJust when 2020 couldn’t seem to get any more chaotic, hornets that look “like something out of a monster cartoon” invaded Washington State to decapitate honeybees and eat their young.Just when 2020 couldn’t seem to get any more chaotic, hornets that look “like something out of a monster cartoon” invaded Washington State to decapitate…

Read More SEATTLE, Oct 23 (IPS) – By late September, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States had claimed 200,000 lives. That’s equivalent to a slightly higher toll than the 418,500 United States deaths in World War II, adjusted for relative population and duration. Read the full story, “COMMENTARY: The Sinatra Doctrine Confronts a Global…

Read MoreThree US diplomats in Iraq have engaged in ‘terrorist acts’ against Tehran’s interests, foreign ministry says.Three US diplomats in Iraq have engaged in ‘terrorist acts’ against Tehran’s interests, foreign ministry says.

Read More RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 23 (IPS) – No one died of hunger during the worst drought in Brazil’s semiarid ecoregion, between 2011 and 2018, in sharp contrast to the past when scarce rainfall caused deaths, looting, a mass exodus to the South and bloody conflicts. Read the full story, “Living with Drought: Lessons…

Read MoreSudan becomes the third Arab country in weeks to agree to normalise ties with its historical foe.Sudan becomes the third Arab country in weeks to agree to normalise ties with its historical foe.