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 PERTH -Death and satire are no strangers- As early as the 7th century BC Archilochus’ satire was thought demonic with power to kill its intended

ROME – Italy’s parliament convenes Thursday to begin electing a new president -- the clock is ticking for Premier Matteo Renzi to find a candidate who can help boost his own political career.

ROME – Scores of arrests, a former city mayor mired in controversy and a horde of promises from the government for transparency and honesty.

ROME - It is now official: the current inter-governmental system is not able to act in the interest of humankind. 

ROME - The Swedish Social Democrat government, which took office only two months ago, has just resigned.

ROME- The fact that in a referendum Switzerland has rejected the anti-immigration policies sweeping Europe is an unusual fact which calls for reflection.

ROME - Less than a week after everybody celebrated the historical agreement on Nov 17 between the US and China on reduction of CO2 emissions, a very cold shower has come from India.

NEW YORK-In May, Ahmed Ouyahia, one of Algeria’s top bureaucrats and former prime minister, invited parties and civil society to debate President Bouteflika’s constitutional reform package.

 VERONA - I have taught at the University of Verona for 30 years - The only advice I can offer Italian students seeking a career in academia is to leave Italy.

ROME  - “An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted” is a phrase from Arthur Miller which applies well to the European elections that have just ended.

ROME-Not a day goes by without news on growing inequality that is a telling indicator of the economic model in which we have put ourselves following the neoliberal binge unleashed by the Washington

NEW YORK-When supporters began celebrating Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s fourth term even before the results of the Algerian presidential election had been confirmed, it was cl

ROME-The Vatican has for centuries welcomed a constant influx of visitors, no matter how high the seasonal peaks in summer months and around major holidays.

ROME-I founded IPS in 1964 and, until I left in 2001, I tried to give space to Latin American writers - I did the same with film directors for the time I was  RAI director for Latin America ( 1969-

ROME - In case you missed it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final part of a report April 13 which says bluntly we have 15 years to avoid exceeding the “safe” threshold

PALERMO, Sicily -I must emphasise that I am neither an anthropologist nor a lexicographer and I cannot claim to belong to any of the other admirable disciplines that investigate origin of language.

LONDON-Revanchist nationalists of different stripes have just won 65 percent of the vote in post-democratic Hungary --The mystical Jew-baiting Jobbik party increased its share to 20 percent, so no