News stories by Carey L. Biron, page 25

WASHINGTON, Dic 10 (IPS) - A major new long-range report by the U.S. intelligence community suggests that the U.S. economy, currently the world's largest, could be eclipsed by China's by 2030.

WASHINGTON, Dic 08 (IPS) - The pan-regional Organisation of American States (OAS) on Friday received a petition signed by more than 3,000 signatories from throughout the Americas, including four past presidents, expressing a host of concerns over current attempts to reform the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

WASHINGTON, Dic 06 (IPS) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) both into and out of developing countries is at or nearing record levels, an arm of the World Bank reported on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Dic 06 (IPS) - Economists and development experts are applauding a new policy by the International Monetary Fund supporting government attempts to control the cross-border flow of money, a major ideological shift for the institution.

WASHINGTON, Dic 03 (IPS) - International financial support aimed at counteracting the world's "neglected diseases" increased by nearly a half-billion dollars over the past five years, according to new research released Monday, but changing funding dynamics could already be having a negative impact on the development of cures for diseases that affect a substantial proportion of the world's poor.

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (IPS) - At perhaps a critical turning point in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, the U.S. government, the single largest funder in that fight, on Thursday unveiled a major new strategy for pushing towards achieving an "AIDS-free generation", the stated U.S. goal.

WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (IPS) - Ahead even of his Saturday swearing in, Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto met here on Tuesday with President Barack Obama to lay out a vision for a new bilateral relationship based more on economics and less on security issues.

WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (IPS) - After 17 years in litigation, the U.S. government has announced that hundreds of thousands of Native Americans will soon be receiving payments from what has been described as the United States' largest class-action lawsuit, which accused the government of massive mismanagement of trusts covering indigenous peoples' monies and lands.

WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (IPS) - The U.S. government is suggesting that pending aid worth billions of dollars for Egypt may be withheld unless President Mohamed Morsi dials back on recent moves, announced Thursday, that would consolidate his power and put his legislative decisions above judicial review.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (IPS) - The World Bank has begun a highly anticipated reappraisal of its social and environmental "safeguards" policies, a process that is slated to take place over the next two years.