Global Issues
News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 2372
MEDIA-LATIN AMERICA: Women Deserve Better Press
- Inter Press Service
'The press will change when they cease to report exclusively from a masculine point of view,' Peru's deputy Minister for Women, Norma Añaños, told participants at an international seminar for journalists on 'Women at Work, Women as Leaders', held in the Peruvian capital.
POLITICS-NAMIBIA: Born Frees Make their Mark
- Inter Press Service
'It was like writing my first exam. I was nervous and didn’t want to make a mistake. I must have checked the ballot 10 times.'
Q&A: Forging New Paths to Sustainable South-South Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
Countries from the South are assuming leading roles in decisions on global issues ranging from economic recovery to food security, climate change and HIV/AIDS.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Commonwealth Champions Adaption Fund
- Inter Press Service
South African President Jacob Zuma admits that before to coming to Trinidad for the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), he met with its secretary general, Kamalesh Sharma, to discuss the relevance of the grouping in today's evolving global power structure.
CUBA: Sponge Farms - New Source of Bounty from the Sea
- Inter Press Service
The ocean punishes Carahatas every time a hurricane tears through the region. The sea combines with the flow of a nearby river, and floods the houses with water a metre and a half deep, or more. Nevertheless, the residents of this Cuban town are deeply attached to the sea.
BURMA: Nobel Laureate Stiglitz to Advise Junta on Poverty
- Inter Press Service
The list of high-profile foreigners heading to Burma to engage and advise the country’s military regime is about to get longer. The latest due to join that flow is Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz.
TRADE: Africa Should be Prioritised at WTO Ministerial
- Inter Press Service
African countries are ready to conclude the Doha Round on the basis of current proposals, but warn against any attempt to renegotiate them at the seventh ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that opens in Geneva today. Meanwhile, the Africa Trade Network demands a moratorium on the Doha talks.
Q&A: 'You Have To Be Educated To Be A Leader'
- Inter Press Service
Traffic flowing in and out of her office, each interruption addressed with effortless calm, the nurse in charge of Hospitalisation and Immunisation at Nyamata Health Center in Bugesera District, is a confident woman in her element.
ECONOMY-LEBANON: Skewed Policies Widen Urban-Rural Divide
- Inter Press Service
The luxury brands and fashion powerhouses that line the streets of the Lebanese capital seem to suggest that this country is enjoying an hour of glory as the world is in the throes of a severe recession.
MALAYSIA: State of Sarawak Forests: Gov’t Agency Stands by Report
- Inter Press Service
For a long time, activists had believed that rainforests in the vast northwest Borneo state of Sarawak were being logged unsustainably, rapidly making way for tree (acacia) plantations, oil palm plantations, dams and secondary growth. But few listened.
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