Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1122
One Way to See the Killing in Syria
- Inter Press Service
, Aug 29 (IPS) - Zuhair Hassib did not witness the last and the most ghastly massacre in Syria. Images of last year's Siege of Homs were enough for the artist to have seen. His paintings have brought those horrors home in a way pictures could never have.
Argentina Seeks to Restructure Debt Held by Vulture Funds
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 29 (IPS) - As a sign of Argentina's willingness to repay its bondholders, President Cristina Fernández introduced a bill for a new swap of the foreign debt held by "holdout" creditors who refused earlier restructurings after the country's late 2001 default.
U.S. Executives' Pay on "Inexorable Upward Climb"
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (IPS) - Three years after the passage of landmark legislation aimed at strengthening regulation of major U.S. companies, one of the most criticised disparities characterising today's corporate culture – the outsized compensation offered to top executives – continues to grow.
Cuban Doctors Bring Eyesight, Healthcare to Haiti
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 28 (IPS) - It's Saturday, and the entrance hall of a police station in front of the busy market in Salomon in the Haitian capital has become an improvised health post. In a few minutes there is a long queue of people waiting to be seen by the Cuban medical brigade.
Israeli Lobby Looks to 2008 Law to Justify Request for More U.S. Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (IPS) - Israel and its domestic U.S. lobby are already in the early stages of the next 10-year aid package, which would not go into effect until 2017 and will be the first since Congress passed the Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008, which requires in part that U.S. military aid to Israel ensure that Israel maintains its "Qualitative Military Edge" (QME) over any combination of states and non-state actors.
World’s Top Chefs Cook for Change
- Inter Press Service
COPENHAGEN, Aug 28 (IPS) - For Denmark's leading chefs, it's not only the "taste" that counts. Many have an ambitious goal to "revise the relationship between people and food," use local ingredients, produce less waste and go completely organic.
German Sun Beats Swiss Water
- Inter Press Service
LUCERNE, Switzerland, Aug 28 (IPS) - Water power is the backbone of Alpine countries' energy supply. Despite its important role in Europe's energy shift, further development of hydroelectric infrastructure in Austria and Switzerland is on hold.
Zimbabwe Sails Close to Economic Rocks
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 28 (IPS) - For President Robert Mugabe to defeat the opposition in the Jul. 31 election by hook or by crook may have been a walk in the park, but beating the economic crisis will be another matter. The stock market fell 11 percent the day he was sworn in, the biggest fall in a day since 2009.
U.S. Court Ruling Boosts Vulture Funds at Developing World's Expense
- Inter Press Service
LOS ANGELES, Aug 27 (IPS) - A recent U.S. court ruling over a fight between Argentina and its creditors on Wall Street will increase global poverty by making it easier for "vulture funds" to seize the assets of indebted nations, according to anti-debt campaigners who are urging the U.S. government to overturn the decision.
Q&A: Everyone Loses in War Over Amazon Dams – Part 1
- Inter Press Service
SAO PAULO, Aug 27 (IPS) - In the war over major hydropower dams in the Amazon jungle, everyone loses - even the winners who manage to overcome the opposition and build them, but who suffer delays, costs that are difficult to recoup, and damage to their image.
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