News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 48
CUBA-US: Milestone Theatre Production Breaches Cultural Blockade
- Inter Press Service
'When time starts to change, no one can stop it,' says a character in 'El canto del pozo ciego' (Blind Mouth Singing), a play that is reviving the cultural exchange between Cuba and the United States, which has been virtually nonexistent over the past 10 years.
SINGAPORE: Youth Games Expose Olympic-sized Cracks
- Inter Press Service
Just a month after the buzz from the vuvuzelas ended at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Singapore is busy preparing to host the next major event in the world sports calendar — the Youth Olympic Games. But few seem to know, or care, about the inaugural youth version of the venerable Olympic Games.
AUSTRALIA: Enough of Uranium Mining, Say Aboriginal Communities
- Inter Press Service
As a mining giant prepares to open a major uranium mining site in Western Australia next year, the clamour for the state to once more ban mining of the radioactive mineral has become louder.
ARTS: Walking in the Shoes of a Muslim in New York
- Inter Press Service
A woman waits on a subway platform, head bowed, pretending to ignore the insults. Perched on bar stools, a group of friends listen to racist jokes, suppressing giggles. Kneeling, a young war veteran tells his fiancée of his decision to return to combat. Two men wait expectantly at a job interview. An old man and a young graffiti artist sit together on a bench, discussing the power of language.
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Film Gives Women Survivors A New Take on Life
- Inter Press Service
'The first film I make when I go back to my village will be about unequal wages women peasants get compared to their male counterparts,' says Haseena Mallah, an unlettered farmhand in her 40s.
Developing More Top African Women Research Scientists
- Inter Press Service
In a tiny village near Kisumu city in Kenya, scientific researcher Mary Anyango Oyunga spends most of her time educating women about something they have always done — grow sweet potatoes.
CHINA: New Technology Deals Blow to Writing Mandarin Characters
- Inter Press Service
Yu Daihai, a 23-year-old college graduate from Dandong city in northern Liaoning province, uses his computer and mobile phone everyday to communicate with his friends. But technology is having an unwanted side effect: Yu, like a growing number of young Chinese, is starting to forget how to write his native language.
CUBA: Village with English Past, Ecological Present
- Inter Press Service
Only hurricanes disrupt the tranquility of Cocodrilo, a Cuban coastal village founded by immigrants from the Cayman Islands in the early 20th century.
POLITICS: Temple Row Sours Thai-Cambodian Ties - Again
- Inter Press Service
Thailand’s tempestuous relationship with its eastern neighbour Cambodia looks set to worsen, fuelled by the latest round of anger over the future of a 10th- century Hindu temple perched atop a steep cliff along the two countries’ border.
MIGRATION-PORTUGAL: On the Football Pitch, Everyone Is Equal
- Inter Press Service
Football functions on so many levels. It can be big business, moving astronomical quantities of cash, with obscene salaries for owners, coaches and star players. And it can be a widely played sport, found in every park, street or vacant lot. And it can be the common ground for multicultural coexistence.
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