Global Issues
News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 470
Too Harmful: The March of Salt and Plastics on World Soils
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jan 06 (IPS) - There are more under-reported consequences of human activities unmatching the rhythm of Mother Nature. Such is the case, among many others, of the growing salinisation and ‘plastification’ of the world's soils.
US Democracy Faces Gravest Danger
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 06 (IPS) - Unless the Republicans and Democrats put the nation above their party and personal interests, our democracy will face the gravest danger in more than a hundred years.
Authoritarianism will creep in, leading to the collapse of American political institutions and the demise of our democracy as we know it.
A Fast-Spreading Pandemic has Reduced an Additional 100 Million People into Poverty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 06 (IPS) - The UN’s highly-ambitious goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 has been severely undermined by a rash of problems worldwide, including an escalating coronavirus pandemic, continued widespread military conflicts and the devastating impact of climate change.
Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ during 2021
- UN News
The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed on Thursday.
Free at Last: Trafficked Woman's Story a Warning to Other Vulnerable Job Seekers
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Rwanda, Jan 05 (IPS) - When Kamikazi* from Gisagara, a district in Southern Rwanda, was forced to quit her job due to COVID-19 last year, she desperately sought other employment.
Population Ageing: An Inescapable Future
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Jan 05 (IPS) - The ageing of human populations is an inescapable demographic future. That evolving and universal future is increasingly challenging governments and the public, who are by and large ill prepared for that certain future.
WFP-backed challenge boosts food system in Rwanda and beyond
- UN News
Supporting innovations in the food system in Rwanda is the goal of a UN-backed initiative launched in the capital, Kigali, on Wednesday.
Truth as War Causality? The Case of Ethiopia
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Jan 05 (IPS) - A brutal drama is unfolding in Ethiopia and it is difficult to find straightforward accounts of what is happening there. However, this does not prevent people from taking a unilateral stand for either of the factions involved in the disaster.
Discriminatory Sexual Violence Laws in Latin America Stigmatize Adolescent Victims of Abuse
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jan 05 (IPS) - Across Latin America and the Caribbean there is a culture of impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence. Crimes against women and girls often go unpunished and under-reported due to societal misconceptions about victimhood and the nature of sex crimes.
Ecstasy as Zimbabwe’s Small-holder Farmers Secure European Pineapple Market
- Inter Press Service
Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan 04 (IPS) - In her wildest dreams, smallholder farmer Sarudzai Sithole never imagined that her pineapples could someday stock the produce section of Europe’s finest supermarkets.
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