Finance: Risky asset & sovereign bond markets send mixed signals, says BIS (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Risky asset and sovereign bond markets seemed to send mixed signals during the period from 31 May to 13 September 2021, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has said.

Canada: Integrating ITMDs into healthcare could offer solution to Covid crisis (PRIV)
(IPS, New Delhi)
Last year, as the world grappled to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, Megan Fernandas, an accountant living in Toronto, was trying to face her biggest fear, not the COVID-19 virus, but missing her doctor's appointment after surviving a rigorous fight against stage 2 breast cancer.

Afghanistan: Efforts to prevent a food crisis (PRIV)
(IPS, Rome)
The traumatic events that occurred in recent weeks in Afghanistan have once again placed this Asian country at the center of the world's attention with high-impact coverage and analysis in the media.