Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1087
Tragic Case of Industrial Pollution in Brazil’s Amazon Region
- Inter Press Service
PIQUIÃ DE BAIXO, Brazil, Feb 10 (IPS) - "My nephew was eight years old when he stepped in the ‘munha' and burned his legs up to the knees," said Angelita Alves de Oliveira from a corner of Brazil's Amazonia that has become a deadly hazard for local people.
Philippines Makes Tentative Truce With Islamists
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Feb 10 (IPS) - After two years of intensive negotiations, the Philippine government and the country's largest rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), have signed a final peace agreement, which paves the way for a lasting resolution of one of the world's longest-running intra-state conflicts.
Kenya’s Empty Bread Basket
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 10 (IPS) - Jane Njeri from the semi-arid lower Mukurweini district in Kenya's Central Province has taken to boiling wild roots to feed her five children.
Bursting the ‘Blood Bubble’
- Inter Press Service
MISHOR ADUMIM INDUSTRIAL ZONE, Occupied West Bank, Feb 09 (IPS) - The longstanding Israeli practice of labelling settlement products ‘Made in Israel' is leading to mounting opposition to the occupation.
Doctors Resist Deadly Vaccine
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Feb 08 (IPS) - A spate of sudden infant deaths following vaccination in India has prompted leading paediatricians to call for stronger regulatory mechanisms to evaluate new vaccines for safety and efficacy before their acceptance into the national immunisation programme.
Brazil's 'Rolezinhos' Want Room in the Palaces of Consumerism
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 07 (IPS) - They poured into shopping malls en masse to have some fun. But the reaction, a mixture of fear, admiration and heavy-handed repression, brought a new youth movement into being in Brazil: the "rolezinhos."
Energies Clash in Tokyo Election
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Feb 07 (IPS) - Tokyo, one of the largest and most energy-guzzling cities in the world, is set to hold elections for a new governor Feb. 9. Analysts say it could prove crucial in stopping the Japanese government from restarting some nuclear reactors this year.
Poverty Wages Unraveling Cambodia’s Garment Industry
- Inter Press Service
, Feb 06 (IPS) - Cambodia's garment industry is regularly plagued with strikes and protests. But when armed security forces opened fire on striking workers in the capital city of Phnom Penh on Jan. 3, killing five and injuring dozens, it suddenly became clear that this was not just another protest.
Economic Crisis in Mali’s North as the South Recovers
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Feb 06 (IPS) - Under the harsh Sunday afternoon sun, Daouda Dicko washes his client's clothes on the shore of the Niger River, which runs through Mali's capital, Bamako. "I started doing this to survive two years ago. Now, I am used to it and I don't mind the extra money it brings," Dicko, who also works as a gardener, tells IPS.
Egypt’s Generals Face a Watery Battle
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Feb 06 (IPS) - Heavy reliance on water intensive crops, a major upstream dam project for the Nile basin, and rising groundwater levels pushing at pharaoh-era monuments will be pressing issues for the next Egyptian president - whether military or civilian.
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