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Youth Face Deep Challenges But Their Success is Vital
Young people in Asia-Pacific are risking their lives to defend land, environmental, and indigenous people’s rights There are few places to travel to without hurdles during…
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Rich Countries Must Stop Blocking The COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver
Access to COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics is part of the human right to health. The COVID-19 crisis and measures taken by states to mitigate, prevent and…
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Vaccine Nationalism will Only Perpetuate The Pandemic
As wealthy nations continue hoarding vaccines, new dangerous COVID-19 variants will continue emerging. The United Kingdom and wealthy European nations are in a panic. Unsurprisingly, hoarding…
Analysis
World Must Take Action to Protect Climate Refugees Now
Climate migrants need to be dealt with in a three-pronged approach: firstly, invest in resilient infrastructure in disaster-prone areas; secondly, regulate the migratory process; and lastly,…
Analysis
The Hunt for Coronavirus Variants: How The New One was Found and What We Know So Far
Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This was a valuable tool to…
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‘Bloodstained’ UP Elections and The CEC’s Alternative Truth
Post-result recovery of ballots were published in the media, but the aggrieved parties were simply told to go to election tribunals. Photo: Star Video footage and…
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Time for Japan to Stop Funding Coal Power in Bangladesh
Japanese investment in Bangladesh should take the form of scaling up its renewable-energy transition Non-governmental organizations have filed a formal complaint against the Japan International Cooperation…
Analysis
COP26 Was A Flop But There is Still Hope
Only revolutionary activism can help save civilisation from a climate catastrophe. The outcome of international climate summits has barely changed during the last few decades. The…
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Myanmar’s Transition From Electoral Politics to Gun Politics
The 1874 general election in the United Kingdom marked a major step in the country’s progress to full democracy. Following the 1872 Secret Ballot Act, a…
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How Domestic Violence is a Threat to Economic Development
Stopping violence against women is not only a moral imperative, new evidence shows that it can help the economy. It’s being called the “shadow pandemic”—an increase…
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More Needs to Be Done to Hold India’s TV Media Accountable
It is good to see top broadcasting body being proactive on complaints against channels When India’s Prime Minister Modi made the sudden announcement about repealing the…
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Is Pakistan Heading Down The Same Path As Afghanistan?
Recent events in Afghanistan and their fallout in Pakistan clearly demonstrate that the problems plaguing the two countries can’t be separated. That the trajectories of the…