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Plea for Radical Reduction in Global Emissions
By Rita Joshi
BONN, 21 March 2023 (IDN) — "We’re running out of time but not out of options to address climate change," declared Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, commenting on the IPCC's Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report, released on 20 March.
By IPCC Press Office
INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, 20 March 2023 (IDN) — There are multiple feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change. They are available now, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today.
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK, 20 March 2023 (IDN) — An epidemic of kidney disease among children in Africa has been linked to deadly toxins in cough medicine imported from India.
Doctors say they see dozens of children under the age of five with kidney failure—a condition they only saw once or twice a year—while mothers demand justice.
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK, 20 March 2023 (IDN) — The United States has promised Ethiopia $331 million in humanitarian aid to help heal the war-torn Horn of Africa country.
The funds were announced during a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Ethiopia on March 15.
The funding will provide life-saving support to those displaced and affected by conflict, drought, and food insecurity in Ethiopia,” he said.
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK 20 March 2023 (IDN) — Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of choice for most startups and venture capitalists, is no more. It was closed after the bank announced it had lost $1.8 billion in the sale of treasuries and securities.
Millions of dollars banked by startups and venture capital funds were at stake until the U.S. Federal Reserve acted to save the day.
By Thalif Deen *
UNITED NATIONS, 18 March 2023 (IDN) — When the United States was embroiled in political and military conflicts with Iran and Iraq, President George W. Bush and his aides at the White House continued to mispronounce the names of the two countries, giving them an American linguistic twist: I-RAN and I-RAQ.
Injecting an element of humour into a much-maligned invasion, a late-night stand-up comedian remarked amid laughter: “We should never invade a country unless our leaders know how to correctly pronounce the name of that country.”
By Caroline Mwanga
NEW YORK, 18 March 2023 (IDN) — The UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality, the empowerment of all women and girls and their human rights closed its two-week-long session on 17 March, acknowledging the critical role of technology and innovation in achieving gender equality.
By Jeremy Earp*
“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.” — Viet Thanh Nguyen
NORTHAMPTON, MA, USA (IDN) — As mainstream U.S. media outlets pause to remember the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it’s clear that there’s a lot they hope we’ll forget— first and foremost, the media’s own active complicity in whipping up public support for the war.
By Reinhard Jacobsen
VIENNA, 17 March 2023 (IDN) — The United Nations is concerned about a dramatic jump in the global production of cocaine over the past two years after an initial slowdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The surge in the global cocaine supply should put all of us on high alert,” said Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), reacting to these findings.
By Norman Solomon
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17 2023 (IDN) — Vast quantities of lies from top U.S. government officials led up to the Iraq invasion. Now, marking its 20th anniversary, the same media outlets that eagerly boosted those lies are offering retrospectives. Don’t expect them to shed light on the most difficult truths, including their own complicity in pushing for war.
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