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Read MoreFor the first time in 153 years, Mexicans marked Independence Day without big ceremonies due to COVID-19 restrictions.For the first time in 153 years, Mexicans marked Independence Day without big ceremonies due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Read More At least two fugitives have been killed, as well as one soldier, as the security forces give chase. At least two fugitives have been killed, as well as one soldier, as the security forces give chase.

Read More DUBLIN, Sep 16 (IPS) – Exclusive to IPS Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, former President of IrelandThe impacts of crises are never gender-neutral and COVID-19 is no exception. The pandemic has resulted in increased rates of violence against women and has exacerbated challenges in accessing justice. Women are losing their livelihoods faster…

Read More<p>Advice remains to shelter in place as you never know what’s hidden or floating in floodwaters</p><p>Advice remains to shelter in place as you never know what’s hidden or floating in floodwaters</p>

Read MoreAt least two fugitives have been killed, as well as one soldier, as the security forces give chase.At least two fugitives have been killed, as well as one soldier, as the security forces give chase.

Read More I’d always imagined starting my senior year at Princeton University within the ivy-lined, stone-walled campus I grew to call home. Instead, I’ve been going through the motions of college from a desk on the second floor of a rented home in Carlisle, Penn., where my version of “campus life” has shrunk to a…

Read More NEW YORK, Sep 16 (IPS) – Mandeep Tiwana is chief programmes officer at CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance. He heads CIVICUS’s UN liaison office in New York.This September, New Yorkers will be a lot less annoyed. They’ve been spared the annual disruptions from road closures, sirens and movement of security forces accompanying…

Read MoreVideo shows flooded streets in the city of Pensacola in Florida.Video shows flooded streets in the city of Pensacola in Florida.

Read More<p>Ship found in near-perfect condition&nbsp;</p><p>Ship found in near-perfect condition&nbsp;</p>

Read MoreThe police chief faced an angry backlash after suggesting the rape was at least partially the victim’s fault.The police chief faced an angry backlash after suggesting the rape was at least partially the victim’s fault.

Read MoreAuthorities warn of “historic and catastrophic flooding” as Sally makes landfall.Authorities warn of “historic and catastrophic flooding” as Sally makes landfall.

Read More Aside from a loss of potential jobs in Wales, there is no need for the government to be disappointed The government officially regards it as “disappointing” that Hitachi has pulled out of building a nuclear plant at Wylfa. Why? Well, the loss of potential jobs in north Wales must be acknowledged. But, from…

Read More<p>‘I’m a woman, I’m black, I’m a refugee, an immigrant, a Muslim and I wear a hijab. And all of those are identities that have been vilified by the right,’ she tells<strong> Richard Hall</strong></p><p>‘I’m a woman, I’m black, I’m a refugee, an immigrant, a Muslim and I wear a hijab. And all of those…

Read More This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. With lawmakers yet again scheming how to keep the lights on, there’s a lot of wiggle room in what is considered a “clean” extension these days in…

Read More WASHINGTON, Sep 16 (IPS) – Later this month, government officials and climate stakeholders will once again converge on New York City (this time virtually) for Climate Week and the United Nations meetings.  And while there will be much discussion about the important role that actors such as private businesses, civil society and cities…

Read MoreAfter nearly 20 years of war, peace talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban have started in Qatar.After nearly 20 years of war, peace talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban have started in Qatar.

Read MoreBiden to outline plan for coronavirus response as Trump, defying most experts, says vaccine may be ready in weeks.Biden to outline plan for coronavirus response as Trump, defying most experts, says vaccine may be ready in weeks.

Read More UNITED NATIONS, Sep 16 (IPS) – Children in Syria are facing the brutal brunt of the ongoing civil war in the country, now rendered further paralysed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and United States sanctions. At the Sept. 15 launch of the report investigating human rights violations in Syria by the Commission of…

Read More Feminists storm human rights office to force President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to tackle grim toll of rape and murder As Mexicans prepared to mark Independence Day celebrations on 15 September, a different kind of commemoration was held at the headquarters of the country’s human rights commission (CNDH). Under a fluttering purple anarchy…

Read MorePresident tells Fox & Friends he wanted to target Bashar Assad, but Jim Mattis “didn’t want to.” Two years ago he said it was “never even contemplated.”President tells Fox & Friends he wanted to target Bashar Assad, but Jim Mattis “didn’t want to.” Two years ago he said it was “never even contemplated.”

Read More Professor Ian Manners discusses the EU as a global gender actor, European integration, and he explains planetary politics in relation to the EU.Professor Ian Manners discusses the EU as a global gender actor, European integration, and he explains planetary politics in relation to the EU.

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Read More Researchers in Australia are sounding the alarm after they made disturbing discoveries in homes that were once used as meth labs, finding that trace amounts of the drug persist in the property for years after it has been sold. The potentially toxic chemicals cling to surfaces on furniture, clothes, and carpets, as well…

Read MoreIn the “CBS This Morning” series Pushing the Limits, Nancy Chen looks at the fate of thousands of athletes who were training for the Olympic trials when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The summer games were postponed until 2021. What’s happened since has tested their limits in every way. Chen spoke with athletes vying for…

Read More Fresh restrictions in south Wales after cluster of new cases; Bolton hospital boss says 100 people turned up to ask for Covid tests Rayner rebukes Johnson over ‘collapsing’ test system Families having to ‘hack’ system to get coronavirus test One coughing child – and three fruitless trips to the same test centre Global…

Read MoreLamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ governing body, is sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of corruption.Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ governing body, is sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of corruption.

Read More In her first ‘state of union’ speech, European commission president delivers criticism of Polish ruling party The head of the European commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has said Poland’s “LGBT free zones” are “humanity-free zones” that have no place in the European Union in her strongest criticism yet of Poland’s ruling Law and…

Read MoreThe footage shows a naked women being beaten then shot dead by men wearing army uniforms.The footage shows a naked women being beaten then shot dead by men wearing army uniforms.

Read More The footage shows a naked women being beaten then shot dead by men wearing army uniforms. The footage shows a naked women being beaten then shot dead by men wearing army uniforms.

Read More Historian David Nasaw writes with deep, broad knowledge of the hundreds of thousands of refugees filling Europe’s roads after WWII, hoping to return to homes that, in many cases, no longer existed. (Image credit: Penguin Press) Historian David Nasaw writes with deep, broad knowledge of the hundreds of thousands of refugees filling Europe’s…

Read More The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is experiencing a financial crisis that could force it to halt some services to an already impoverished population of more than 5 million people, the head of the agency said Wednesday. Philippe Lazzarini also warned in an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut that the spread…

Read More<p>Native Americans tell Rory Sullivan how after centuries of erasure they are trying to reclaim the story of the historic voyage from English shores &nbsp;</p><p>Native Americans tell Rory Sullivan how after centuries of erasure they are trying to reclaim the story of the historic voyage from English shores &nbsp;</p>

Read More<p>Filipinos have been told to stop singing and get a good night’s sleep</p><p>Filipinos have been told to stop singing and get a good night’s sleep</p>

Read More As cities reopen, there’s a sense that normalcy isn’t too far around the corner. Don’t be fooled. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, chief science officer at the World Health Organization in Geneva, said Tuesday, speaking to reporters during a virtual meeting hosted by the United Nations Foundation, that we’re still in the middle of it.…

Read MoreThe eye of category 2 Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama on Wednesday, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.The eye of category 2 Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama on Wednesday, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.