Kiev is preparing for a “worst-case scenario” in which Washington cuts off all aid, Bild has reported, citing government insiders Read Full Article at RT.com
Romania’s appeals court has suspended the annulment of 2024 election win by independent candidate Calin Georgescu Read Full Article at RT.com
Moscow has compromised by not seizing the whole of the neighboring country, the US president has said Read Full Article at RT.com
The two neighbors have severed trade and diplomatic ties in a raft of tit-for-tat measures, with airspace, visas, and treaties suspended Read Full Article at RT.com
Moscow and Washington are “moving in the right direction” toward finalizing an agreement to end the Ukraine conflict, Sergey Lavrov says Read Full Article at RT.com
SRINAGAR, Apr 25 (IPS) - Abdul Majeed Mir strolls leisurely among the purple crocus flower rows in Pampore's saffron fields as the morning mist hovers low over them. His family has been growing this valuable spice, called "red gold," for many generations, but now his hands go through the harvest mechanically. There is a noticeable lack of the typical commotion of tourists haggling over saffron packets.
NEW YORK, Apr 24 (IPS) - The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will bring world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how to finance a better future for all. Yet, in practice, the first drafts of its outcome reveal a glaring omission: people. Despite rhetoric about inclusivity, the drafts are strikingly weak on social issues, as if financing and macroeconomic policies exist in a vacuum, detached from the lives they impact.
PORTLAND, USA, Apr 24 (IPS) - In much of the past, few people lived alone. At the start of the 20th century, one-person households were relatively rare and are estimated to have accounted for less than 10% of all households worldwide.
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Apr 24 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses Ecuador’s presidential election with Jorge Tapia de los Reyes, Coordinator of the Democracy and Politics Department and the Political Funding Observatory of the Citizenship and Development Foundation (FCD). FCD is an Ecuadorian civil society organisation that promotes participation, citizen monitoring and open government.
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 24 (IPS) - As gang violence in Haiti continues to target civilians and critical infrastructures, humanitarian organizations and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have found it increasingly difficult to manage the growing scale of needs. The United Nations (UN) and its partners fear that Haiti will approach a nationwide collapse due to numerous shortfalls in funding, a widespread lack of essential resources, and rampant insecurity.
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