News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 83
MEDIA: South-South Radio from Caracas to Africa
- Inter Press Service
Poverty, attacks on human rights and corporate fraud will be among the main news coverage focuses of a new regional public radio network, Radio del Sur, which will link stations from South America and Africa.
CUBA: Restoring Historic Santiago for Its People
- Inter Press Service
Even with her house practically in ruins, Isabel García wouldn’t dream of living anywhere else. She’d rather stay where she knows that no matter what corner she turns she’ll always be able to gaze out into the blue sea or raise her eyes up to the green mountains that shelter her beloved city of Santiago, in eastern Cuba.
ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH AFRICA: Opportunities Spring From e-Waste
- Inter Press Service
There was an audible gasp when Kirsten McIntyre told the audience that e-waste is the third fastest growing waste stream in the world, with between 40 and 50 million tons of computers, TVs and washing machines being 'thrown away' each year.
PAKISTAN: Repeal of Blasphemy Laws Still a Pipe Dream
- Inter Press Service
It is a never-ending saga.
BALKANS: Ultranationalists Face Ban
- Inter Press Service
Ultranationalist groups behind the violence in Belgrade last month face ban by the Constitutional Court of Serbia.
ENVIRONMENT: Turning Junk Mail Into Art
- Inter Press Service
Like everyone else, Barbara Hashimoto hated the junk mail coming in through the door. Until she decided one day that it could be transformed into art, and lessons about the environment.
MEXICO: Underwater Museum to Protect Coral Reefs
- Inter Press Service
Four sculptures in human forms, made of concrete, will be submerged in November in the Mexican Caribbean - the first of 400 figures that will comprise the world's largest underwater museum.
MEDIA-INDONESIA: Children’s Newspaper a Breath of Fresh Air
- Inter Press Service
In a country with more than 400 print media outlets, Indonesia’s first and only children’s newspaper is a breath of fresh air.
JAPAN: Buddhist Priests Use Pop Culture to Win Back Faithful
- Inter Press Service
Hip hop. Fashion. Zen café. Animation.
BRAZIL: Olympics in Rio — 'Happiness' Trumps Wealth and Technology
- Inter Press Service
Brazil has 'the happiest and most creative' people in the world, and deserved this opportunity, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in Copenhagen, celebrating Friday's election of Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Olympic Games.
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