Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1049
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.
Bolivia’s Mother Earth Law Hard to Implement
- Inter Press Service
OP-ED: Violence Leaves Women, Girls, and Young People on the Edge in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, May 19 (IPS) - As with many conflicts and other humanitarian emergencies around the world, those who suffer the most are women, young girls and children. The current terrible crisis in South Sudan is no exception.
U.N. Decries Water as Weapon of War in Military Conflicts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (IPS) - The United Nations, which is trying to help resolve the widespread shortage of water in the developing world, is faced with a growing new problem: the use of water as a weapon of war in ongoing conflicts.
Syrian Doctors Grapple With Medical Emergency and Ethics
- Inter Press Service
REYHANLI (TURKEY), May 19 (IPS) - As once-eliminated diseases resurface and barrel bombs and alleged chlorine attacks target civilians, doctors in rebel-held areas and across the border struggle with issues of how best to serve their profession.
OP-ED: Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture It!
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (IPS) - Nearly 20 years ago, the world came together in Beijing for the Fourth World Conference on Women. There, 189 governments adopted a visionary roadmap for gender equality: the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
Conflict with Local Communities Hits Mining and Oil Companies Where It Hurts
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 18 (IPS) - Conflicts with local communities over mining, oil and gas development are costing companies billions of dollars a year. One corporation alone reported a six billion dollar cost over a two-year period according to the first-ever peer-reviewed study on the cost of conflicts in the extractive sector.
Syrian Kurds Ache For A Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
TIL KOCER, Syria, May 18 (IPS) - "We all know that Ankara and Erbil have a joint plan to evacuate the entire region," Abdurrahman Hemo, head of the Kurdish Humanitarian Aid Committee tells IPS. "They want to choke the people here until they flee en masse."
OP-ED: The Free-Trade Regime: Oligarchy in Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 17 (IPS) - The United States is not really a democracy. That's the (simplified) conclusion of a recent study from Princeton University. Instead, economic elites and special interest groups enjoy tremendous sway in Washington, while "the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy."
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