BRICS Jumps to Africa’s Rescue
August 29, 2023
By Jeffrey Moyo
HARARE, Zimbabwe. 29 August 2023 (IDN) — The three-day BRICS Summit from 22-24 August 2023 in South Africa has raised hopes across the African continent that a new deal for development aid to Africa could be taking shape that will be more fair and equitable. For decades, critics have pointed out that Africa has been paying more to the West than it gets in terms of development loans. (P14) JAPANESE | SWAHILI…
India’s Karnataka State Has a New Approach to Feed the Hungry
August 21, 2023
By Manjushree Naik
MANIPAL, India. 21 August 2023 (IDN) — With India facing the prospect of a grain crisis, the state government of Karnataka in southern India has come up with a novel approach to keep to election promises by giving the poor money to buy the grains. (P13) GERMAN | JAPANESE…
Rainbow Warrior Sails the Pacific to Gather Evidence for World Court
August 15, 2023
By Sera Sefeti
SUVA, Fiji. 15 August 2023 (IDN) — International environmental campaign group Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior sailed across the Pacific waters, calling at ports collecting evidence to present to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also called the World Court, during a historic hearing in The Hague next year. (P 12) HINDI | JAPANESE…
Will the Modern-Day Silk Road Bring Prosperity to Laos?
August 5, 2023
By Pattama VilailertVIENTIANE, Laos. 5 August 2023 (IDN) — When a China-built high-speed railway began operations in December 2021, Laos joined the modern-day Silk Road project that opened itself to trade and tourism opportunities across Asia. But many in the country doubt whether the land-locked nation would reap full benefits. (P11) CHINESE | INDONESIAN | JAPANESE
Civil Society Groups Concerned Over Implementation of Paris Agreement
July 11, 2023
By Rita Joshi
BONN | NEW DELHI 11 July 2023 (IDN) — More than 125 civil society groups have expressed concerns that big polluters continue emitting under the cover of deceiving net zero claims while communities and ecosystems across the world suffer immensely. They see an urgent need for real, deep, and urgent emission reductions in line with principles of fair shares starting with just and equitable phase out of fossil fuels. (P10) GERMAN | JAPANESE …
The Caribbean: Climate Change Triggers Water Crisis, Financing Exacerbates
June 29, 2023
By Linda Hutchinson-Jafar
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, 29 June 2023 (IDN) — With an estimated 4 billion people facing water scarcity around the world, a regional water conference held earlier this month addressed the unique issues small island nations of the Caribbean face in confronting this challenge. These include climate change, which is having a profound impact on the hydrological cycle in the Caribbean. (P09) JAPANESE | SPANISH
Thailand’s ‘Sufficiency Economy’ Philosophy Bears Fruits in Laos
June 28, 2023
By Pattama Vilailert
VIENTIANE, Laos. 28 June 2023 (IDN) — It was at the height of the Thai Economic Crisis in 1997 that the term “sufficiency economics” came into prominence when the late King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej told his people that rather than building factories to become another Asian Tiger, the important thing for Thais is to have a sufficiency economy. (P08) HINDI | JAPANESE | THAI
UN Adopts Historic Global Treaty on Oceans
June 20, 2023
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, 20 June 2023 (IDN)— After years of negotiations, the United Nations has reached an agreement on a Global Ocean Treaty aimed at ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity which covers over two thirds of the world’s high seas.
“You have pumped new life and hope to give the ocean a fighting chance”, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, following the adoption of the treaty on June 19. (P07) GERMAN | JAPANESE | TURKISH
Fiji’s Health Services in Crisis As Nurses Migrate
June 20, 2023
By Pauliasi Mateboto
SUVA, Fiji, 13 June 2023 (IDN) — Fiji’s ailing medical industry has seen another massive blow as over 800 nurses have reportedly left for greener pastures so far this year, either to the local private sector or migrated overseas, mainly to neighbouring Australia and New Zealand.
Along with the ageing medical infrastructure, neglected by past Fijian governments, low salaries and the quality of support from the Ministry of Health during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have all contributed to the sorry state of the health sector here.
According to orthopedic surgeon Dr Eddie McCaig, nurses are leaving in droves, with over 800—a quarter of the workforce—migrating overseas in the past year alone. (P06) CHINESE | JAPANESE…
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