US lawmakers have passed a stop-gap spending bill to avert a government shutdown while they debate a larger $1.7 trillion funding package Read Full Article at RT.com
China has slammed new plans by the United States to blacklist Chinese tech firms and prevent them from buying certain American components Read Full Article at RT.com
Iran has been expelled from a United Nations group devoted to women’s rights following a US-backed resolution Read Full Article at RT.com
The collective West has used the Ukraine conflict as a pretext to tighten control over media, Dutch journalist Sonja van den Ende says Read Full Article at RT.com
President Joe Biden is reportedly struggling to keep African leaders on board with his campaign to punish Russia over the Ukraine crisis Read Full Article at RT.com
MONTREAL, Dec 15 (IPS) - Created in 2016, the Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve (MCBR) hosts 1900 species of animals and plants and contains half of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second largest in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
MADRID, Dec 14 (IPS) - The external debt of the world’s low and middle-income countries at the end of 2021 totalled 9 trillion US dollars, more than double the amount a decade ago. Such debt is expected to increase by an additional 1.1 trillion US dollars in 2023.
ROME, Dec 14 (IPS) - One of the knock-on effects of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is that European countries have embarked on a ‘dash for gas’ to find alternatives to Russian energy supplies.
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NEW YORK, Dec 14 (IPS) - As COP27 was coming to a close, the leader of the Youth Constituency of UNFCCC declared in an emotion-choked voice that "Incredible young people from the global North and the global South are standing together in solidarity asking for action. We need to look for more than hope. We need those in power to actually listen and implement the solutions”.
Dec 14 (IPS) - India’s new Chief Justice, Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, has a significant challenge ahead – as activists and minorities remain hopeful that he will remain true to his legacy of delivering judgments that enshrined the Constitution, especially on personal liberty.