News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 1999
Wrestling Over ICC's Role in Africa
- Inter Press Service
On its face, Kenya’s failed bid to defer International Criminal Court cases against alleged organisers of post-election violence in 2007-2008 was a story of changing positions. But to argue that either the U.S. or Africa has switched sides in the debate over the appropriate role of the ICC is too simplistic.
PHILIPPINES: Pulling Children Out of the Tunnel of Hard Labour
- Inter Press Service
At the tender age of 10, Rodel Morozco was working in a goldmine and crawling inside tunnels, until one day he fell 200 feet underground because his father had blasted the tunnel with dynamite.
Emerging Powers Harnessing Neighbours' Hydroelectricity
- Inter Press Service
Emerging countries like Brazil and China are building numerous hydroelectric dams at home and abroad to help drive their economic growth. But while in Latin America the phenomenon is touted as an integration process, in Asia it has generated tension over the shared use of rivers.
Diminishing Potential of the Old Medical Paradigm
- Inter Press Service
While the curtain was being raised Tuesday on a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiative to pour one billion dollars of federal funding into the Partnerships for Patients Act — a new project designed to save thousands of lives and millions of dollars — the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) held a media briefing here simultaneously presenting studies from their theme issue on 'Infectious Diseases and Immunology'.
U.N. Decries Stagnant Funding For Population Goals
- Inter Press Service
As the international community readies to cope with a rising world population of some seven billion people by the middle of this year, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns that financial assistance for population-related activities has made no visible gains since 2008.
China’s Green Blueprint Raises Stakes at U.N. Climate Talks
- Inter Press Service
China’s rise as a leader in the environmentally friendly, low-carbon economy is giving the Asian giant new diplomatic muscle for this year’s round of climate change negotiations leading up to the COP17 U.N. summit in Durban, South Africa in November.
Libya Group Agrees 'Trust Fund' for Rebels
- Inter Press Service
The international contact group on Libya has agreed to set up a temporary 'trust fund' to help the international community channel assets to the opposition Transitional National Council in Benghazi.
WATER-SOUTH AFRICA: Managing Flooding on the Orange River
- Inter Press Service
Many farms and crops were devastated when the January floods hit South Africa at the start of this year. Farmer organisation Agri South Africa (AgriSa) estimated damages as high as 270 million dollars.
CUBA: Today's Youth, As Diverse as the Times
- Inter Press Service
Mariana García is a child of the 1990s, when Cuba was in the grip of the severe crisis that hit the island after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the East European socialist bloc. She grew up bombarded by the first video games and surrounded by people who talked more about how to get by than about their dreams and ideals.
Kenyan Women Pulling Together Against Poverty
- Inter Press Service
When it works, it's spectacular: Esther Ngonyo Njuguna's dairy project stands as testimony to the potential of microcredit schemes to boost rural incomes.
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