It was around 4 a.m. when Nariman Tamimi’s daughter, Ahed, roused her from sleep and told her that Israeli soldiers had surrounded their home in the occupied West Bank. Nariman Tamimi had been expecting the raid: Over the previous week, an online campaign had vilified her daughter as a terrorist and demanded Ahed’s arrest. But…
by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Monday, November 27, 2023 Inter Press Service Throughout 2023, Latin America has suffered heat waves, long, intense droughts, destructive floods and devastating hurricanes – phenomena related to the effects of a climate crisis derived mostly from the burning of fossil fuels. Against this backdrop, the region will attend the 28th Conference…
A Filipino nurse who provided crucial first aid to one of the Dublin stabbing victims has described responding to the traumatic incident and his fear of anti-immigrant violence. Leo Villamayor, who has worked as an agency nurse in various Dublin hospitals for several years, came across the horrific attack last Thursday, as he was walking…
‘Tis the season of giving and Kyle Kuzma is off to an amazing start … the NBA star donated $60k worth of clothes to female inmates preparing for release from county jail in his hometown of Flint, Michigan! The Washington Wizards forward also launched an initiative to refurbish housing conditions for the women who are…
You started Emma’s Torch, a network of restaurants and temporary locations in New York and soon to be in Washington, D.C., to provide culinary training to refugees to help them build new lives in their adopted communities. Why? As the daughter of South African Jewish immigrants and the great-granddaughter of Holocaust survivors from Lithuania, we’ve…
Tackling gender inequalities in agrifood systems and empowering women would not only reduce hunger and reinforce resilience, it would boost the global economy too. Credit: Jency Samuel/IPS by Paul Virgo (rome) Monday, November 27, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Nov 27 (IPS) – Objections to progressive policies are often based on cost. It would be great…
The gleaming Etihad Boeing 777 they stepped into could not have made for a more stark contrast from the apocalyptic scene they’ve left behind in Gaza. And they emerged into the cabin lights looking mostly dazed. One elderly woman hugged the first female cabin crew member she saw. She had plenty of reason to be…
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are ready to live closer to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood … our sources say they’re eyeing a move to Los Angeles. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Meghan and Harry have been discussing a move to L.A. after deciding to no longer look for a home in…
A third group of Gaza Strip hostages, including a 4-year-old American girl whose parents were killed in the Hamas raids on Israel, was freed on Sunday, raising the prospect more captives could be set free and a fragile truce extended. The 17 hostages released by Hamas, who were seized when the militants raided Israel on…
Opinion by Felicity Okoth (bergen, norway) Monday, November 27, 2023 Inter Press Service BERGEN, Norway, Nov 27 (IPS) – Popular migration discourses in Europe often question the ability of African states to govern migration effectively. Media images of African migrants squeezed into dingy boats in the Mediterranean constantly reinforce these discourses. However, positive examples of what…