Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1119
Newspapers Are Becoming the Toys of Billionaires
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Sep 04 (IPS) - Few people today know that when the first news agencies were created in the 19th century, the French Havas and the British Reuters divided the world between themselves.
Military Given Full Powers to Fight Crime in Honduras
- Inter Press Service
TEGUCIGALPA, Sep 04 (IPS) - Human rights defenders and members of the opposition in Honduras see a new elite military unit created to engage in policing as a drastic setback for the demilitarisation efforts that began two decades ago.
Cash Transfers a Strong Tool Against Inequality
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Sep 04 (IPS) - Latin America's cash transfer programmes are a more effective weapon against poverty and social inequality than economic growth alone, according to a study by two Argentine economists.
Squatting on Kenya’s Mineral Wealth
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 04 (IPS) - Zeinab Mohamed is a 70-year-old squatter in Kwale County, in Kenya's Coast Province. Like many other Coast Province residents, for decades, Mohamed has lived in what squatters call "floating houses".
Mobile Phones Big Hit in Rural Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Sep 04 (IPS) - Prosper Muripo rents a small space in a general dealer's shop at the Gotora shopping centre in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East province. He is one of the many people in rural Zimbabwe who earn a living selling recharge vouchers and charging mobile phone batteries on solar-powered chargers.
‘Paradise’ Calls the Poor
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sep 04 (IPS) - "I consider myself lucky after finding my son," says Muhammad Jabeen, a juice vendor in Bannu, one of the 25 districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan. The Taliban had taken his son, Mateen Shah, away from a madrassa to join their ranks.
Sharks, Victims or Perpetrators?
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Sep 04 (IPS) - Recent fatal attacks off Réunion have re-ignited demands for sharks to be hunted. But when it comes to humans and sharks, who is predator and who is prey? And what lessons need to be learned when people venture into environments where they are exposed to dangers posed by wildlife?
Broad Coalition Pledges to Cut "Super Greenhouse Gases"
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 04 (IPS) - An international coalition has agreed to begin working towards domestic regulation aimed at reducing the use of HFCs, compounds commonly used as refrigerants but referred to as "super greenhouse gases" for their particularly negative impact on global warming.
Q&A: "We Need a Decisive Win Against Polio"
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 03 (IPS) - Siddharth Chatterjee has served as the chief diplomat, head of strategic partnerships and international relations at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world's largest humanitarian network, since June 2011.
Brazilian Hydroelectricity Giant Promotes Biogas
- Inter Press Service
FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brazil, Sep 03 (IPS) - The massive Itaipú hydroelectric dam, shared by Brazil and Paraguay, has now become a model for the micro-scale production of an energy source that is not only clean, but also helps to reduce pollution and promote local development: biogas.
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