At least one person was reportedly shot dead inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota on Friday evening Read Full Article at RT.com
The new government in Canberra is markedly less antagonistic to Beijing than its predecessor – but does that mean a rapprochement is coming? Read Full Article at RT.com
Former US NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says surveillance tools employed to contain Covid-19 are being turned against citizens Read Full Article at RT.com
Speaking to defense industry executives in Tula, President Vladimir Putin outlined what the Russian military expected going forward Read Full Article at RT.com
PORTLAND, USA, Dec 23 (IPS) - Despite the objections, resistance and protests taking place in many countries around the world, raising the official retirement age to receive government provided pension benefits is coming soon.
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TORONTO, Canada, Dec 23 (IPS) - A year that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is ending with famine in Africa, while still spreading death and misery through an enduring pandemic and a deteriorating climate crisis -- 2022 has been an apocalyptic warning of the frailty of our planet and the woeful shortcomings of humankind.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 23 (IPS) - The reform of the Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, has remained a never-ending political saga.
According to the President of the General Assembly, Csaba K?rösi of Hungary, 43 years have passed since the question of Security Council reform first appeared on the UN agenda.
NEW YORK, Dec 23 (IPS) - The writer is former Executive Director, Global Policy Forum and author of “Of Foxes and Chickens”—Oligarchy and Global Power in the UN Security Council.The UN Charter mandates the Security Council to maintain international peace, but wars rage on and nations arm themselves with ever more lethal weapons. No wonder that the Council’s critics are so many and calls for its reform so urgent.
Some 190 desperate people are on the verge of perishing at sea, adrift somewhere between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, urging countries in southern Asia to rescue them.
From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost billions this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday, describing the “tell-tale signs and impacts” of intensified climate change.