Arbiter of investment disputes favors global north
/GIN WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - A little-known entity that mediates disputes between sovereign nations and foreign investors appears to favor corporations in northern countries, according to an IPS review of pending cases. Other independent analyses have detected a similar bias in the entity, which is closely affiliated with the World Bank. The administrative council of the Washington-based International Center for Settlement...
A native son returns to help his people
Calherbe Muhammad was sent to the United States some 17 years ago by his family to attain an education to help him return one day to be a help to his people. He joined the Nation of Islam in New York City and after moving to Virginia Beach, Va. several years ago and completing his formal education, founded the organization Christians...
Amid global plunge, poor nations need up to $700 Bil.
JIM.LOBE Hit by global downturn, poor nations need up to $700 billion, says new World Bank report WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - In the latest in a series of increasingly dire predictions, the World Bank recently warned that developing countries may need up to $700 billion in external financing this year due to the squeeze in global credit markets, which has seen...
A rising demand for freezing adoptions of Haitian children
CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - Some child advocates and human rights groups are calling for an immediate end to adoptions of Haitian children in the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake that toppled its capital Port au Prince. The instinct to help by taking children out of the country could have horrible results, they said. As of January 25, 363 Haitian orphans had been...
Farrakhan warns, advises Obama on Libya policy
Click here to view the webcast of Minister Farrakhan's June 17, 2011 Press Conference at the UN Plaza Hotel CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - In his first interview since the successful Nation of Islam Saviours' Day 2011 convention, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan sat down in the studio with popular radio host and long-time friend Cliff Kelley on WVON-AM 1690 for a...
Farrakhan completes visit to Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, of the Nation of Islam, recently returned from an official trip to the Republic of Cuba where he addressed the government as well as the masses of people who had an opportunity to interact with him and hear his voice and message. In the past the Muslim leader has...
Chemical weapons used in Syria on ‘large scale’–UN report
By RT.com Chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in the Ghouta area of Damascus in Aug.21 attack, the UN investigators' report says. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon submitted report at a closed-door meeting in New York. “The Mission has concluded that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in the Ghouta area of Damascus in the...
EU countries move to evade U.S. Iran sanctions by setting up payment channel for ‘humanitarian’ trade
By RT.com Germany, France and the UK have announced they have set up a mechanism allowing “legitimate trade” with Iran to continue in wake of US sanctions. The scheme, limited to “essential” goods for now, could be joined by more countries. The new payment system is called INSTEX — short for ‘Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges'. As of now, it...
Ayatollah Khamenei: Sanctions crime of U.S., European partners against Iran
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the illegal sanctions the United States has imposed on Iran with the support of its European partners as a “bitter reality” and a “crime” against the nation. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Nov. 24 during a meeting of the Supreme Council for Economic Coordination among the three branches...
Questions on Covid-19 vaccine mount in UK as new strain spreads
The Covid-19 pandemic has not spared countries around the world, including the United Kingdom. In the UK, people from Black and minority ethnic communities (BAME) are getting hit hard. A report released earlier this year by the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre found that 35 percent of almost 2,000 patients with Covid-19 were from a BAME background, despite...