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Study finds less corruption in countries where more women are in government
A recent report in Science Daily describes an inverse relationship between women’s participation in politics and corruption: “A greater representation of women in the government is bad news for corruption, according to a new study published in the Journal of…
Experts Debate Digital Media’s Role in Tackling Global Inequalities
By Kalinga Seneviratne BONN (IDN) – ‘Global Inequalities’ was the theme of this year’s Global Media Forum (GMF) hosted by the German public international broadcaster Deutsche Welle, and much discussion focused on whether the digital media tools are a panacea…
Security Council Backs Dutch Sanctions Against Eritrean and Libyan Traffickers
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – For the first time ever, the UN Security Council has put human traffickers on an international sanctions list by imposing sanctions on six leaders operating networks in Libya. Four are Libyans, including the…
Kim-Trump Summit: Hardcore War Mongers Aren’t Happy
By Farooque Chowdhury The hardcore warmongers aren’t happy with the just completed Kim-Trump Singapore summit. The warmongers love warmongering and war as these increase their amount and rate of profit. Reactions to the latest diplomatic development in the Korea region…
In historic summit, Trump & Kim Jong-un pledge to pursue denuclearization of Korean peninsula
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have wrapped up an historic summit in Singapore, where they pledged to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The summit marked the first-ever meeting between a sitting U.S. president and…
Let’s Continue Progress Toward Peace in Korea
Less than a year ago, President Donald Trump was threatening North Korea with “fire and fury.” Today such threats are completely absent from his remarks and tweets. Today Trump said, “We will be stopping the war games . . .…
It’s a Good Day
Letter by Anthony Donovanto to NYTimes early this morning, published online for their frontpage article. The real challenge ahead will be for us to begin verification of our own highly secret nuclear weapon industry. To bring back any slight bit…
Joint statement by Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
Pressenza publishes here the full text of the statement issued by President Trump of the USA and Chairman Kim of North Korea. President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the State Affairs…
ICAN Singapore Summit Response Press Release
As Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump signed an “agreement” in Singapore today, ICAN welcomes the diplomatic efforts but warns that only a process based in international law and existing treaty frameworks will achieve nuclear disarmament and fully denuclearise the Korean…
How high streets and shopping malls face a ‘domino effect’ from major store closures
Omar Toulan, IMD Business School and Niccolò Pisani, University of Amsterdam for The Conversation Traditional retail is in the centre of a storm – and British department store chain House of Fraser is the latest to succumb to the tempest.…
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