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August 29, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Jeffrey Moyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HARARE, Zimbabwe. 29 August 2023 (IDN) \u2014 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<\/a> <\/a>| SWAHILI<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 21, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Manjushree Naik<\/p>\n\n\n\n MANIPAL, India. 21 August 2023 (IDN) \u2014 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<\/a> | JAPANESE<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 15, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Sera Sefeti<\/p>\n\n\n\n SUVA, Fiji. 15 August 2023 (IDN) \u2014 International environmental campaign group Greenpeace\u2019s 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<\/a> | JAPANESE<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 5, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Pattama VilailertVIENTIANE, Laos. 5 August 2023 (IDN) \u2014 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<\/a> | INDONESIAN<\/a> | JAPANESE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 11, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Rita Joshi<\/p>\n\n\n\n BONN | NEW DELHI 11 July 2023 (IDN) \u2014 More than 125 civil society groups have expressed concerns<\/a> 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<\/a> | JAPANESE<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 29, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Linda Hutchinson-Jafar<\/p>\n\n\n\n PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, 29 June 2023 (IDN) \u2014 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 <\/a>| <\/a>SPANISH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 28, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Pattama Vilailert<\/p>\n\n\n\n VIENTIANE, Laos. 28 June 2023 (IDN) \u2014 It was at the height of the Thai Economic Crisis in 1997 that the term \u201csufficiency economics\u201d 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 <\/a> | JAPANESE<\/a> | THAI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 20, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Thalif Deen<\/p>\n\n\n\n UNITED NATIONS, 20 June 2023 (IDN)\u2014 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\u2019s high seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou have pumped new life and hope to give the ocean a fighting chance\u201d, said UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, following the adoption of the treaty on June 19. (P07) GERMAN <\/a>| JAPANESE<\/a> | TURKISH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 20, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Pauliasi Mateboto<\/p>\n\n\n\n SUVA, Fiji, 13 June 2023 (IDN) \u2014 Fiji\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to orthopedic surgeon Dr Eddie McCaig, nurses are leaving in droves, with over 800\u2014a quarter of the workforce\u2014migrating overseas in the past year alone. (P06) CHINESE<\/a> | JAPANESE<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Published by<\/strong> BRICS Jumps to Africa\u2019s Rescue August 29, 2023 By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe. 29 August 2023 (IDN) \u2014 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newsletters-sdgs-for-all"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5654"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5677,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654\/revisions\/5677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}India\u2019s Karnataka State Has a New Approach to Feed the Hungry<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rainbow Warrior Sails the Pacific to Gather Evidence for World Court<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Will the Modern-Day Silk Road Bring Prosperity to Laos?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Civil Society Groups Concerned Over Implementation of Paris Agreement<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Caribbean: Climate Change Triggers Water Crisis, Financing Exacerbates<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Thailand\u2019s \u2018Sufficiency Economy\u2019 Philosophy Bears Fruits in Laos<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
UN Adopts Historic Global Treaty on Oceans<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Fiji\u2019s Health Services in Crisis As Nurses Migrate<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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