News headlines in 2015, page 89

BELIZE CITY, Apr 09 (IPS) - A five-year project launched here in Belize City in March seeks to cement a shift in view of climate change and its impact on Belize's national development.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) - The large majority of countries, and most of the people in the world, already recognise Palestine as an independent state.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) - The United Nations rapporteur for minorities has anti-Roma and anti-'Gypsy' bias in her sights.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) - At least 18 civilians have already been killed in the attack on the Syrian refugee camp of Yarmouk, according to Amnesty International.

DHAKA, Apr 08 (IPS) - Judging by how often they make headlines, one might be tempted to believe that women in Bangladesh don't play a major role in this country's affairs.

HAVANA, Apr 08 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama was only four days old when Comandante Ernesto "Che" Guevara publicly castigated the United States' policy of hostility toward Cuba at an inter-American summit, reiterated then Prime Minister Fidel Castro's willingness to resolve differences through dialogue on an equal footing, and held secret conversations with a Washington envoy.

TAIPEI, Apr 08 (IPS) - University lecture halls in North America are no strangers to the ''cli-fi" genre of climate-themed novels and movies, but now India is getting into the act as well, thanks to the pioneering work of Professor T. Ravichandran of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) in Uttar Pradesh.

ROME, Apr 08 (IPS) - Development aid flows were stable in 2014, after hitting an all-time high in 2013, but aid to the poorest countries continued to fall, according to new figures released on Apr. 8 by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

HARARE, Apr 08 (IPS) - There is a new scramble for Africa, with ordinary people facing displacement by the affluent and the powerful as huge tracts of land on the continent are grabbed by a minority, rights activists here say.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 08 (IPS) - To celebrate World Health Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments around the world and all sectors involved in the food business to introduce food safety policies into their political agendas.