Global IssuesNews headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 6
World News in Brief: Global trade rebound forecast, e-waste mountain grows, 7,000 preventable TB deaths in Europe during COVID-19
- UN News
After several quarters of decline, international trade is poised for a rebound during the rest of 2024, according to the latest Global Trade Update from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Unpaid Caregivers, a Symbol of Inequality in Chile
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Mar 20 (IPS) - In Chile, as in the rest of Latin America, the task of caring for people with disabilities, the elderly and children falls to women who, as a result, do not have access to paid jobs or time for themselves.
Industrial Policy, East or West, for Development or War?
- Inter Press Service
NEEMRANA, Rajasthan, India, Mar 20 (IPS) - Developing countries wanting to pursue industrial policy were severely reprimanded by advocates of the ‘neoliberal’ Washington Consensus. Now, it is being deployed as a weapon in the new Cold War.
First Person: Water key to cultivating financial independence in southern Madagascar
- UN News
Women in one of the poorest parts of rural Madagascar are growing their financial independence from men by cultivating village land and selling their produce.
World News in Brief: $236 billion a year profit from forced labour, Senegal election update, peacekeepers in Lebanon
- UN News
Forced labour is happening all over the world and it’s earning criminal gangs an astonishing $236 billion a year – $64 billion more than a decade ago, UN researchers said on Tuesday.
Records smashed – new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest so far
- UN News
Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, ice cover and glacier retreat, a new global report issued by the UN weather agency (WMO) on Tuesday shows.
The Ups and Downs of Control of Transgenic Crops in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 14 (IPS) - Mexico has taken important steps to protect native corn, even standing up to its largest trading partner, the United States, to do so. But the lack of a comprehensive legal framework in its policy towards genetically modified crops allows authorizations for other transgenic crops.
Brazil's Biofuel Potential Set to Expand Thanks to Sustainable Aviation Fuel
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 13 (IPS) - Brazil is counting on biofuels to assert itself as an energy powerhouse in the near future, as a decisive supplier of low-carbon jet fuel, a requirement of the climate crisis.
Global South Stagnating under Heavier Debt Burden
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 13 (IPS) - Much higher interest rates – due to Western central banks – are suffocating developing nations, especially the poorest, causing prolonged debt distress and economic stagnation.
‘Record high’ in UN development index masks stark disparities
- UN News
Despite record high global human development scores in 2023, disparities between the haves and the have-nots are widening, a new UN report revealed on Wednesday.
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