Rescued from Fire: the World in 2025 By Farhana Haque Rahman Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/rescued-from-fire-the-world-in-2025/ TORONTO, Canada, Dec 22 2025 (IPS) - Our traditional “year-ender” usually kicks off with a grim litany of world disasters and crises over the past 12 months, highlights IPS partners and contributors and culminates in a more positive-sounding finale. This time I’d like to begin on a more personal note intended also as a metaphor. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.