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The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day March 8.   Jennifer Morgan is Executive Director, Greenpeace International 18 Sep, 2019 Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan at the People's Summit on Climate, Rights and Human Survival in New York, USA. Credit: Tracie Williams / Greenpeace NEW YORK, Mar 1 2021 (IPS) - The climate crisis doesn’t stop for anyone or anything, not even the pandemic that has forced billions of us to radically overhaul our lives. And like the pandemic, climate change has no nationality, agenda ...

PARIS — The number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered worldwide passed 200 million Saturday, an AFP count showed, as wealthy G-7 countries pledged to more than double aid to support access for the less well-off.With 45 per cent of injections so far among the rich club — which accounts for just 10 per cent of the global population — the G-7 on Friday said its aid to

G7 countries have pledged to more than double aid to support vaccine access for less wealthy countries.

Northwest African country became poorest, as French colonial rulers fleeced locals imposing heavy taxation Mohamed Badine El Yattioui   | 09.12.2020 * The writer is a professor at the Department of International Relations at the University of the Americas Puebla (Mexico). RABAT, Morocco  French crimes in Mauritania during the colonial period are still little known and remain unrecognized by Paris. Mauritania was part of French West Africa as a protectorate in 1903 and then a colony in 1920. Military domination was at the heart of the colon...

Outlook Traveller SIGN IN WITH GOOGLE Catching a glimpse of Ethiopian life in Harar, Photo Credit: Shutterstock If Muslims are outsiders in Europe, why do so many expats love their countries? 09 Min Read When I heard the news that Tunisian man committed a terrorist attack in Nice in October, I was startled by the timing. Just two weeks prior, I was travelling throughout the north African country, absorbing the Islamic architecture against the crêperies from France, once an occupier.  France’s Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron declared that it is “France which is under attack,” while...