News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 1159

  1. The Dilemma of Soy in Argentina

    - Inter Press Service

    BUENOS AIRES, Mar 12 (IPS) - Industrial soy production continues to expand in Argentina, pushing small farmers out of the countryside and replacing other crops and cattle. It presents a challenge in a country where 70 percent of the food consumed comes from family farms, but which also needs the foreign exchange brought in by what has been dubbed "green gold".

  2. Women Walk to End War in the Korean Peninsula

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 (IPS) - A group of international women peacemakers announced on Wednesday at the United Nations their intention to walk across the two mile De-Militarized Zone (DMZ), in a call for peace and reunification of Korea.

  3. U.N. Audience Shocked by Sexual Health, Abortion Statistics

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    , Mar 12 (IPS) - Audible gasps echoed through the United Nations' Trusteeship Council chamber on Tuesday, with audiences told the grim impacts of unsafe reproductive practices on women worldwide.

  4. U.S. Honours 10 “Extraordinary Women” for Courage and Leadership

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - Speaking at a ceremony to honour 10 "extraordinary women" from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America for their exceptional courage and leadership in advocating peace, justice, human rights and gender empowerment, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom cited the former president of Malawi Dr. Joyce Banda, recognised at the United Nations as a relentless advocate for women's rights.

  5. Humanitarian Aid Under Fire Calls for New Strategies

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    VIENNA, Mar 11 (IPS) - In the face of the growing number of crises taking place at the same time worldwide, humanitarian aid organisations – many of which have already reached their financial and logistic limits – are in desperate need of global coordination.

  6. Eighty-Three Percent of Lights Have Gone Out in Syria

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - A single image can be more powerful, more descriptive and more potent than an entire essay – ‘ a picture says a thousand words,' as the cliché goes.

  7. What’s Driving the Merciless Asylum Seeker Policies in Australia?

    - Inter Press Service

    CANBERRA, Australia, Mar 11 (IPS) - As conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere pushed the number of refugees to 13 million last year, the international community is struggling to shoulder the humanitarian responsibility of protecting those fleeing violence and persecution in their homelands.

  8. Coal: Burning Up Australia’s Future

    - Inter Press Service

    SYDNEY, Mar 11 (IPS) - With less than a year to go before the United Nation's annual climate change meeting scheduled to take place in Paris in November 2015, citizens and civil society groups are pushing their elected leaders to take stock of national commitments to lower carbon emissions in a bid to cap runaway global warming.

  9. U.N. Says Maternal Mortality Rate Has Nearly Halved since 1990

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS) - The global rate of maternal deaths is reducing faster than any time in history, according to a new report presented to the United Nations on Tuesday.

  10. A Italian and Tanzanian Partnership

    - Inter Press Service

Powered by

  • Inter Press Service International News Agency
  • UN News

Web feed for Trade, Economy, & Related Issues news headlines