Global Issues
News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 27
Asylum-Seekers Find Refuge in a Street Paper
- Inter Press Service
The reasons why people become street paper vendors are many and diverse. Some are homeless; others suffer mental or physical health problems, struggle with addiction or face unemployment. And some people do it because the magazines offer them the refuge they so desperately need.
Governments and Powers-That-Be Fear the Internet
- Inter Press Service
The global reach of the internet, and its ability to transmit information in real time and mobilise populations, creates fear among governments and the powerful, says Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
CULTURE-CUBA: The Coco Solo Social Club, Open to All
- Inter Press Service
The family history of writer Manuel Martínez rises up in large, black letters on the walls and ceilings of his house in a low-income neighbourhood of the Cuban capital. Photos and objects from times past complete this different kind of a book, which you can start reading from any point.
SRI LANKA: Plan to Host 2018 Commonwealth Games Opposed
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lanka plans to host the Commonwealth Games seven years from now and spend two billion dollars, in what politicians and economists slam as another extravagant adventure aimed at boosting President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
OP-ED: Religion, Out of Place?
- Inter Press Service
Brazil is seen as a country of diverse and profound faith. But though religion is an important reference point in the lives of the population, the extent of religious diversity in this sprawling country is not nearly so pervasive as belief itself.
INDIA: Kashmir in Search of Lost Culture
- Inter Press Service
While the conflict in Indian Kashmir and the destruction it has caused often makes the news, its impact on culture has hardly gotten any attention.
Queer Film Fest Breaks India’s Social Glass Ceiling
- Inter Press Service
More than a decade ago, when India’s first lesbian-themed film - ‘Fire’ by Deepa Mehta - was released, it was booed and met with protest and vandalism, forcing many fear-stricken theatre owners to take the film off their screens.
SINGAPORE: Social Media Challenges Govt Grip
- Inter Press Service
Weeks after a watershed general election in Singapore, the influential role played by social media to dramatically transform political debate in this affluent city- state continues to reverberate through cyberspace.
ZIMBABWE: Cross-Border Traders Don’t Trust Banks With Their Money
- Inter Press Service
A newly available electronic banking service has received a lukewarm reception from cross-border traders in Zimbabwe’s second largest city Bulawayo, despite it alleviating the need to move around with large sums of cash.
AUSTRALIA: Indigenous Say It on Film
- Inter Press Service
From the Australian bush to Alaska’s Arctic wilderness, indigenous peoples’ stories and perspectives take centre stage at the Message Sticks Film Festival, the only annual event of its kind in Australia.
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