Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1048
Balkans: Floods Reunite Former Yugoslavs
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, May 21 (IPS) - The Balkans region is living one of its most horrible springs ever, after the worst flooding in 120 years took 47 lives and witnessed evacuation of dozens of thousands of Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs in a matter of days last week.
Is the Sewol Tragedy South Korea’s Katrina?
- Inter Press Service
SEOUL, May 21 (IPS) - In the weeks since the South Korean ferry Sewol sank—taking with it the lives of over 300 passengers, the vast majority of them high school students—the country continues to be wracked by a palpable mix of grief, guilt, and outrage.
China Tightens Grip On Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 21 (IPS) - Janice Gacheri imports handbags and shoes from China which she sells on social media sites and by word of mouth to customers in Nairobi and neighbouring towns.
Days After African Leaders Vow to Defeat Boko Haram, Bombings and Terror Continue
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, May 20 (IPS) - Multiple car bombs killed dozens Tuesday in the central Nigerian city of Jos, Plateau state, days after a security summit in France where African leaders committed to a "war" on Nigeria's Islamist rebels, Boko Haram.
Transgenics Prosper Amidst Pragmatism and Collateral Damage
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, May 20 (IPS) - The advertising department of Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta was on a roll in early 2004 when it published a map that dubbed a large area of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay the "United Republic of Soy".
Syrian Rebel-held Mountain Villages Preparing for Bigger Battles
- Inter Press Service
JABAL AL-AKRAD (SYRIA), May 20 (IPS) - In the mountains east of the coastal port of government-held Latakia, three years of regime bombardment has left swaths of blackened stumps in the mountain forests and crumbling concrete structures in Sunni villages, most of whose inhabitants support opposition forces.
With No Tailwind, Brazilian Economy In The Doldrums
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 20 (IPS) - Brazil's real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013 grew by 2.3 percent, following rates of 2.7 percent and 1 percent in 2012 and 2011 respectively. Perspectives for 2014 on this front are not optimistic.
The Biggest Mideast Crisis You Probably Don’t Know Enough About
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 20 (IPS) - The Middle East's seemingly endless conflicts are diverting attention and resources from a graver long-term threat that looms over the whole region: the growing scarcity of water. And the situation will get worse before it gets better — if it ever does get better.
Pushing Newborn Deaths and Stillbirths Up Global Health Agenda
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 20 (IPS) - Delegates to this week's annual meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva should agree on an ambitious agenda to sharply cut the rate of newborn deaths and stillbirths over the next two decades, according to maternal and infant health experts.
Russian Manipulation of Reactor Fuel Belies U.S. Iran Argument
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 19 (IPS) - In the stalemated talks between the six powers and Iran over the future of the latter's nuclear programme, the central issue is not so much the technical aspects of the problem but the history of the Middle Eastern country's relations with foreign suppliers – and especially with the Russians.
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