A project of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency in partnership with Soka Gakkai International in consultative status with ECOSOC
A Joint Media Project of
the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency
and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC
By J Nastranis
NEW YORK, 17 May 2023 (IDN) — A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report says countries and companies could reduce plastic pollution by 80 percent by 2040 using existing technologies.
According to UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen, “the way we produce, use, and dispose of plastics pollutes ecosystems, poses health risks, and destabilizes the climate.”
【ハラレIDN＝ファライ・ショーン・マティアシェ】
ジンバブエの重要な選挙が近づく中、エマーソン・ムナンガグワ政権は、有権者登録を促し政治腐敗に対して歌で対抗するよう呼びかけているミュージシャンらに対して、厳しい弾圧を進めている。
アフリカ南部に位置するジンバブエでは、この８月に総選挙が行われる予定だ。
与党「ジンバブエ・アフリカ国民同盟・愛国戦線」（ZANU-PF）を率いる現職のムナンガグワ氏が、野党「変化を求める市民連合」（CCC）のリーダーで、より若くカリスマ的人気を誇るネルソン・チャミサ氏を破って二期目の当選を狙っている。前回２０１８年選挙では、与党がCCCを辛うじて破った。…
By Kalinga Seneviratne
SUVA, Fiji, 15 May 2023 (IDN) — In an emotionally charged “Reconciliation and Thanksgiving” service organized by Fiji’s Methodist Church—the country’s largest Christian denomination—the President of the church Reverend Ili Vunisuwai and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka apologized to the Indo-Fijian community for the suffering and insults they have endured in Fiji’s post- independence-era, paving the way to what the political leaders here call “building a new era” of peace and prosperity.
By Hemali Wijerathna
COLOMBO, 11 May 2023 (IDN) — In the face of the current economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s free healthcare system, which was the envy of South Asia not long ago, is now at the brink of collapse. It is facing multiple problems with a lack of drugs, doctors migrating and the government strictly implementing a 60-year retirement policy for government doctors. (P04) HINDI | INDONESIAN | JAPANESE | THAI…
Byy Kalinga Seneviratne
This Lotus News Feature, produced in association with the Buddhist Channel, is the 53rd in a series of joint productions with IDN-InDepthNews, the flagship agency of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate. Click here for previous reports.
SINGAPORE | THIMPHU, 11 May 2023 (IDN/LCN) — A recent visit by a group of Vietnamese Buddhists to learn and experience the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism has alerted the Bhutan authorities to the potential of Buddhist cultural tourism to one of the world’s most scenic countries landlocked between India and China in the Himalayan mountains.
【ポートオブスペイン（トリニダード）IDN＝リンダ・ハッチンソン＝ジャファール】
太陽の降り注ぐ浜辺や静かな水辺、活気のある文化で知られる人気の観光地・カリブ海地域が、気候変動の破壊的な影響によって厳しい現実に直面している。
カリブ地域の島嶼諸国にとって観光業は経済上の命綱であるが、地球温暖化によって地域の繊細な生態系が崩れ、インフラや地域の生活に影響を与える中で、存続の危機に立たされている。…
Na Farai Shawn Matiashe
HARARE, 3 Mei 2023 (IDN) — Wakati uchaguzi muhimu unakaribia, utawala wa Rais Emmerson Mnangagwa uko katika hali ya kukandamiza wanamuziki wanaozingatia siasa ambao wanawahimiza watu kujiandikisha kupiga kura na kuimba dhidi ya ufisadi.
Taifa hilo la kusini mwa Afrika linatazamiwa kufanya uchaguzi mkuu mwezi Agosti mwaka huu.…
气候变化威胁加勒比旅游业
作者：琳达-哈钦森-贾法尔
特立尼达和多巴哥西班牙港，2023 年 4 月 26 日（IDN）–加勒比海，一个以阳光亲吻的海滩、宁静的水域和充满活力的文化而闻名的旅游胜地，正面临着气候变化带来的破坏性影响所造成的严酷现实。…
By Radwan Jakeem
NEW YORK, 5 May 2023 (IDN) — The sustainable management of the world’s forests will take centre stage at the United Nations Headquarters in New York at the UN Forum on Forests on 8-12 May 2023. Officials from UN Member States, the UN system, international and regional organizations, will gather to discuss this critical planetary resource.
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, 4 May 2023 (IDN) — A new report on world hunger by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) is a setback to the UN’s highly-publicized goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2030—an integral part of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Far from achieving progress in the fight against hunger, the latest numbers indicate a reversal in the battle front.
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