Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1067
Economic Growth and Wellbeing “Not Equal”, Study Finds
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 04 (IPS) - The United States ranks among the highest in the world in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, but only 16th among 132 countries in terms of social progress and environmental performance, according to a new index released Wednesday.
Brazilian Dams Accused of Aggravating Floods in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Apr 04 (IPS) - Unusually heavy rainfall, climate change, deforestation and two dams across the border in Brazil were cited by sources who spoke to IPS as the causes of the heaviest flooding in Bolivia's Amazon region since records have been kept.
OP-ED: "Cli-Fi" May Be No Stranger Than Reality
- Inter Press Service
TAIWAN, Apr 04 (IPS) - When we read novels or short fiction in any language, we read to understand the story. We read to learn something new, and hopefully to get some kind of emotional uplift through the words on the page and the skills of the storyteller.
Tanzania’s Farming Cooperatives Struggle to Bear Fruit
- Inter Press Service
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Apr 04 (IPS) - John Daffi climbs to the top of a hill overlooking a scenic Rift Valley wall and the Ngorongoro forest, where wildlife migrates between the world famous Ngorongoro crater and Tanzania's Lake Manyara. Daffi, 59, looks down upon his family's farm below and reminisces about the time his father first brought him here as a boy.
Misgivings Rise Over Afghan Poll
- Inter Press Service
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Apr 04 (IPS) - "If Abdullah will become president, the will of Afghan people will be respected. Otherwise – especially if Zalmai Rassoul will be indicated as the winner – a new conflict will start and our country will become more insecure." The remark by Abdullah Abdullah supporter Qazi Sadullah Abu Aman is typical of uncertainties and accusations rising as election day draws close on Saturday.
Youth Around the World See Meagre Opportunities
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (IPS) - Although half the world's population is under 25 years old, young people in more than two dozen countries feel that their opportunities for educational, economic and societal advancement are limited, according to new research released here Thursday.
U.N. Aims at Treaty to Protect Marine Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 03 (IPS) - At a political level, when the United Nations speaks of a "high seas alliance", it is probably a coalition of countries battling modern piracy in the Indian Ocean.
Fracking, Seismic Activity Grow Hand in Hand in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 03 (IPS) - Scientists warn that large-scale fracking for shale gas planned by Mexico's oil company Pemex will cause a surge in seismic activity in northern Mexico, an area already prone to quakes.
Using Ethiopia’s Healthcare Gaps to Do Good and Make a Profit
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Apr 03 (IPS) - For a while now, Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI scanners have typically been a luxury that both government and private hospitals in Ethiopia have struggled to afford to purchase for in-house use.
California Cities Gear Up to Fight “Big Soda”
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, Apr 02 (IPS) - Mexico is fighting obesity and accompanying diseases with a one-peso per litre tax on sugar-sweetened beverages that kicked in Jan. 1. France implemented its "cola tax" in 2012. Several U.S. states tax sugar-sweetened beverages, including Vermont, Rhode Island, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia. Illinois legislators are considering such a tax.
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