News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 768
China’s Billion-Dollar Re-entry in Sri Lanka Met with Public Protests
- Inter Press Service
BERAGAMA, Jan 09 (IPS) - Beragama is a typical Sri Lankan rural village, with lush green paddy fields interspersed by small houses and the village temple standing at the highest location. Despite being close to the island's second international harbour and its second international airport, Beragama appears untouched by modernity.
Native Seeds Sustain Brazil’s Semi-Arid Northeast
- Inter Press Service
APODI, Brazil, Jan 06 (IPS) - In his 76 years of life, Raimundo Pinheiro de Melo has endured a number of droughts in Brazil's semi-arid Northeast region. And he remembers every one of them since 1958.
Threat of Famine Looms in Yemen
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 06 (IPS) - Millions of Yemenis could soon face widespread famine if no action is taken to improve food access through humanitarian or trade means, an early warning system has said.
Migrants Seeking Europe Catch Their Breath in Morocco
- Inter Press Service
NADOR, RABAT and CASABLANCA, Morocco, Jan 06 (IPS) - With a stable economy and a peaceful political climate, Morocco – which has always been a transit country for migrants -- is becoming a potential new destination for settlement. The elusive dream for most of those who cross the Sahara, though, is still Europe.
Lessons from the Demise of the TPP
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 05 (IPS) - President-elect Donald Trump has promised that he will take the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on the first day of his presidency. The TPP may now be dead, thanks to Trump and opposition by all major US presidential candidates. With its imminent demise almost certain, it is important to draw on some lessons before it is buried.
Poor Darwin – Robots, Not Nature, Now Make the Selection
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jan 05 (IPS) - When British naturalist Charles Darwin published in 1859 his theory of evolution in his work On the Origin of Species, he most likely did not expect that robots, not nature, would someday be in charge of the selection process.
PKSF and IPS to Partner on Communicating for Positive Change
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Jan 04 (IPS) - The Palli Karma Sayahak Foundation (PKSF), a public sector apex development body in Bangladesh, and Inter Press Service (IPS), the international news agency focused on development issues, have teamed up to raise public awareness globally about PKSF's best practices and provide vital information to decision-makers.
Anti-Fracking Movement Alarmed at Trump’s Focus on Fossil Fuels
- Inter Press Service
2017 -- A Thunderous Clash of Politics, Economies and Policies
- Inter Press Service
PENANG, Jan 02 (IPS) - Yet another new year has dawned. But 2017 will be a year like no other.
No More Mass Deaths from Drought in Northeast Brazil
- Inter Press Service
OURICURI, Brazil, Dec 30 (IPS) - The drought that has plagued Brazil's semiarid Northeast region since 2012 is already more severe than the 1979-1983 drought, the longest in the 20th century. But prolonged dry spells no longer cause the tragedies of the past.
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