Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 941
OPINION: Greece Gives EU the Chance to Rediscover Its Social Responsibility
- Inter Press Service
COVENTRY, England, Jan 24 (IPS) - The European Union should not be afraid of the leftist opposition party Syriza winning the Greek election, but see it as a chance to rediscover its founding principle - the social dimension that created it and without which it cannot survive.
Forced Disappearances Are Humanitarian Crisis in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jan 23 (IPS) - The Mexican government will face close scrutiny from the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances – a phenomenon that made international headlines after 43 students from a rural teachers college were killed in September in Iguala, in a case that has not yet been fully clarified.
Obama-Congress Iran Sanctions Battle Goes International
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (IPS) - While it's anyone's guess whether a final deal will be reached over Iran's nuclear programme this year, a number of key international actors have forcefully weighed in on calls from within the U.S. congress to impose more sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
U.S. May Soon Stand Alone Opposing Children's Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 23 (IPS) - When the East African nation of Somalia, once described as a "lawless state", ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) early this week, it left two countries in splendid isolation from the rest of the world: South Sudan and the United States.
A “Rosetta Stone” for Conducting Biodiversity Assessments
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 (IPS) - This month saw an important milestone reached by the U.N.'s young Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES): Publication of its first public product.
OPINION: Banks, Inequality and Citizens
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jan 22 (IPS) - Every day we receive striking data on major issues which should create tumult and action, but life goes on as if those data had nothing to do with people's lives.
Africa Needs to Move Forward on Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 22 (IPS) - Diversification of Africa's electricity sources by embarking on renewable energy solutions – such as solar, wind, geothermal and hydro power – is being heralded as a solution to the continent's energy poverty.
The Bahamas' New Motto: "Sand, Surf and Solar"
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 21 (IPS) - When it comes to tourism in the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), The Bahamas -- 700 islands sprinkled over 100,000 square miles of ocean starting just 50 miles off Florida -- is a heavyweight.
Fighting Extremism with Schools, Not Guns
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Jan 21 (IPS) - As a wave of outrage, crossing Pakistan's national borders, continues a month after the Dec. 16 attack on a school in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, some citizens are turning away from collective expressions of anger, and beginning the hard work of building grassroots alternatives to terrorism and militancy.
OPINION-CUBA/US: Catching a Glimpse of the Possible Future
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 21 (IPS) - All Cubans, on either side of the Florida Straits, but in places like Spain, France or Greenland – where there must be a couple of Cubans - as well felt it was a historic moment that included each and every one of us, when U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Dec. 17 the normalisation of relations after half a century of hostility.
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