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Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 11 (IPS) – Economically marginalised and dominated by the Global North, developing countries urgently need to work together to better advance their shared interests and achieve world peace and sustainable development. Jomo Kwame SundaramRivalry in the […]

Floodwaters gusting from a bursting dam in northern Nigeria inundated a zoo and swept animals including crocodiles and snakes into villages, leaving the region reeling from its worst flooding in years. In the northeastern state of Borno, one of the areas in the region hardest hit by flooding, officials at a state-run zoo said Tuesday

The controversial former leader of the recently banned Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) in northern Germany filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a deportation order, just hours before the deadline to leave the country. In late August, authorities in Hamburg ordered Mohammed Hadi Mofatteh to leave the country within two weeks and banned him from returning.

Nigeria has been facing a shortage of petrol in recent months, leading to long queues at petrol stations. Reports based on a news item published in August claimed that “new” pump prices had made a litre of petrol suddenly 200 naira cheaper. But this is misleading; thanks to the shortage, prices have fluctuated by as

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An education bill that would give the South African government more control over white-minority schools poses a threat to the country’s new unity government, the second-largest political party, the Democratic Alliance, said Wednesday. The bill aims to give the government the authority to determine language and admissions policies in schools. In the

Members of the Bundestag stand up for Gerhart Baum (C,L), former German Minister of the Interior and FDP Member of Parliament, next to Bärbel Bas (MR), President of the Bundestag, during the ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Bundestag’s constituent session. Kay Nietfeld/dpa German lawmakers on Wednesday approved a major rescue package for the

The German Ministry of Economic Affairs published plans on Wednesday for the construction and modernization of gas-fired power plants that will support electricity generation from renewable energy sources. Power plants must also be designed in such a way that they can use hydrogen. “This will make the electricity system suitable for a large proportion of

Newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian aims to deepen ties with neighboring Iraq by signing a series of agreements during his first foreign trip to Baghdad, Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Wednesday. During Pezeshkian’s three-day visit, government representatives of both countries were scheduled to sign 15 cooperation agreements, IRNA reported. Pezeshkian

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier thanked Egypt for its role as a mediator in the war in Gaza during his visit to the country on Wednesday. In a joint statement with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, Steinmeier also called for further efforts to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Volkswagen Group has said it is terminating employment contracts in Germany, a move that could lead to job losses at six German factories. Several media outlets in Germany report that the company has notified the IG Metall union of the termination of a series of employment contracts, including an agreement that guarantees jobs at six