RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30 (IPS) - Brazil hopes to soon reap benefits of its largely renewable energy matrix. Data centers, whose demand is growing with the strides made by artificial intelligence, are the new frontier for these still-uncertain investments.

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BLOOMINGTON, USA, May 30 (IPS) - Almost 40 percent of glaciers that exist now are already in danger of melting even if global temperature stabilized at present-day conditions, a study says.

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SARAJEVO & JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (IPS) - Jelena Peki?, MP of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (House of People) and Deputy Speaker of the Canton Sarajevo Assembly, Lana Prli?, MP of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (House of Representatives) and Marina Ri?i?, Assistant Representative, UNFPA Bosnia and Herzegovina, spoke to IPS ahead of the Study Tour on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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NEW YORK, May 30 (IPS) - For over a year, I refused to ascribe Israel's war against Hamas and the reign of horror it is inflicting on the Palestinians in Gaza as genocide, but now I feel shaken to the core by what I am witnessing. If what I see is not genocide, then I do not know what is.

Read the full story, “If This Isn’t Genocide, What Is?”, on globalissues.org →