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 | Trump Marks the End of a Cycle Roberto Savio Let us stop debating what newly-elected US President Trump is doing or might do and look at him in terms of historical importance. Put simply, Trump marks the end of an American cycle! Roberto SavioLike it or not, for the last two centuries the entire planet has been living in an … MORE > > | |
 | The Rise of One-Person Households Joseph Chamie A significant global demographic change having far-reaching consequences yet receiving scant attention is the rise of one-person households. Of the world’s two billion households, approximately 15 percent – or 300 million – are one-person households (OPHs). As is often the case with global … MORE > > | |
 | Humankind’s Ability to Feed Itself, Now in Jeopardy IPS World Desk Mankind’s future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from a changing climate, warns a new United Nations’ report. Though very real and significant progress in reducing global hunger has been achieved … MORE > > | |
 | Shrinking and Darkening, the Plight of Kashmir’s Dying Lakes Umar Shah Mudasir Ahmad says that two decades ago, his father made a prophecy that the lake would vanish after the fish in its waters started dying. Three years ago, he found dead fish floating on the surface, making him worried about its fate. Like his father, Ahmad, 27, is a boatman on Kashmir’s famed … MORE > > | |
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 | South Sudan Declares Famine, Other Countries May Follow Warns UNICEF Lyndal Rowlands South Sudan Monday became the first country to declare famine since 2012, as UNICEF warned that 1.4 million children are at risk of dying from starvation with famine also imminent in Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen. Protracted conflict is the root cause of the food crises in all four countries, … MORE > > | |
 | Tax Evasion Lessons From Panama Jomo Kwame Sundaram Unlike Wikileaks and other exposes, the Panama revelations were carefully managed, if not edited, quite selective, and hence targeted, at least initially. Most observers attribute this to the political agendas of its main sponsors. Nevertheless, the revelations have highlighted some problems … MORE > > | |
 | Red Tape Snarls Nepal’s Ambitious Poverty-Alleviation Plans Renu Kshetry Juna Bhujel of Sindupalchowk District, 85 kilometres northeast of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, lost her daughter-in-law in the Apr. 25, 2015 earthquake. Fortunately, she managed to rescue her two-year-old grandson, who was trapped between her mother’s body and the rubble. Soon after the … MORE > > | |
 | Palestinian Rejection Underscores Limits of UN Chief’s Powers Thalif Deen Pointing out an example of the hierarchy of political power at the United Nations, a former Nigerian ambassador once told a group of reporters of an encounter at an international gathering in Africa when he ran into one of his friends who had returned from a visit to New York. “I met your … MORE > > | |
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