News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1066

  1. Iran's Rouhani Needs a Nuclear Resolution

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (IPS) - After 34 years of enmity, Tehran and Washington are heavily invested in the success of a deal over Iran's nuclear programme achieved through teamwork. Now the political future of Iran's new moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, depends on this issue.

  2. Africa’s Billions that the Poor Won’t Touch

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI/HARARE, Jan 17 (IPS) - With its two-trillion-dollar economy, recent discoveries of billions of dollars worth of minerals and oil, and the number of investment opportunities it has to offer global players, Africa is slowly shedding its image as a development burden. 

  3. The Road to Myanmar Is Inviting but Potholed

    - Inter Press Service

    YANGON, Jan 17 (IPS) - Myanmar is flinging open the gates to foreign investment, seen as key to the southeast Asian country's future after decades of stagnation under military rule. From Coca-Cola and Unilever to Samsung and Fujitsu, the key brands of international companies can be seen hogging billboards.

  4. Syrian Crisis Threatens Development in Arab World

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 17 (IPS) - The widespread sectarian violence and ongoing military conflicts in several political hotspots, including Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, have not only claimed thousands of human lives and devastated fragile economies but also undermined the U.N.'s longstanding plans to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty worldwide.

  5. Pacific Trade Deal “Backtracking” on Environment Safeguards

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (IPS) - An accord that would be the largest trade agreement ever negotiated appears to be rolling back environmental safeguards that have been a key part of U.S.-led trade deals for much of the past decade.

  6. The Legacy of Canada's First PM Much Darker to First Nations

    - Inter Press Service

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    TORONTO, Jan 16 (IPS) - Many of the challenges faced by the Conservative government in its relations with Canada's aboriginal peoples may come to a head at the 200th birthday events for Sir John A. Macdonald, the country's first prime minister, set for Jan. 11, 2015.

  7. Tanzania Struggles to End Clashes Between Farmers and Herders

    - Inter Press Service

    DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Jan 16 (IPS) - Tanzanian authorities are finding it increasingly difficult to deal with ongoing conflicts between farmers and pastoralists as they fight over limited land and water resources in this East African nation.

  8. Clean Energy Investment Sags Amid Mounting Climate Risks

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 16 (IPS) - Despite Wall Street’s nascent rediscovery of green energy, global investment in alternative energy declined by 12 percent last year.

  9. Obama, Nobel Laureates Urge Rise in U.S. Minimum Wage

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (IPS) - Seventy-five economists, including seven Nobel Prize laureates, sent an open letter to President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, urging them to raise the federal minimum wage.

  10. Educational Network Erases Borders

    - Inter Press Service

    MÁLAGA, Spain, Jan 15 (IPS) - Hundreds of students from Spain’s Canary Islands, Senegal and the Sahrawi refugee camps outside of Tindouf in western Algeria are meeting each other and breaking down cultural barriers thanks to the Red Educativa Sin Fronteras.

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