Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1121
Caught Between Afghani and Pakistani
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 10 (IPS) - Seventeen-year-old Usmanullah Shah has never been to Afghanistan, the land of his forefathers. The son of Afghan parents who fled to Pakistan 34 years ago to escape war, he shudders at the thought of going there.
Libya’s Berbers Close the Tap
- Inter Press Service
ZWARA, Libya, Nov 09 (IPS) - "Oil tankers won´t get crude from this port until Tripoli finally meets our demands," says Younis, one of the Amazigh rebels today blocking one of Libya´s largest gas and crude oil plants.
A Shortage of ARVs and a Surplus of Stigma in Côte d’Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Nov 08 (IPS) - At the Cocody-Anono community health centre, south-east of the Ivorian economic capital of Abidjan, Bertine Bahi* regularly attends awareness sessions on Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) for women living with HIV.
Syria’s Economy May Be Devastated for 30 Years
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 08 (IPS) - The almost three-year-old Syrian civil war has been a "silent war on human and economic development", destroying the ability of ordinary Syrian citizens to maintain basic livelihoods, according to a report launched here Wednesday by two United Nations agencies.
Iran's Zarif Talks Possible Details on Nuclear Deal
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Nov 08 (IPS) - Raising expectations for a deal over its controversial nuclear programme, Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that a joint statement on the framework of a nuclear deal could be issued as early as Friday here amid ongoing negotiations with the P5+1 group of world powers.
U.S. a Favourite Roost of Vulture Funds
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 07 (IPS) - Aggressive creditors and investors are seriously undermining the ability of poor countries to deal sustainably with debt issues, academics and anti-poverty campaigners told a briefing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
World Headed for a High-Speed Carbon Crash
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 07 (IPS) - If global carbon emissions continue to rise at their current rate, humanity will eventually be left with no other option than a costly, world war-like mobilisation, scientists warned this week.
Breaking New Ground for Trans Children
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain/BUENOS AIRES, Nov 07 (IPS) - While non-heterosexual orientation is punishable by death in some parts of the world, in others the right to choose one's gender identity has begun to be respected from early childhood, giving rise to a new field of challenges.
Uganda Needs to Exploit its Own Mineral Riches
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA?, Nov 07 (IPS) - This year, as Uganda gears up to start producing the nearly two billion barrels in oil reserves that were discovered near its western border, critics say that little is being done to exploit the rich mineral resources located in some of the country's poorest areas.
Dwindling Aid Slows Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Nov 07 (IPS) - When the first trains in almost two and a half decades started running through this war-ravaged town in Sri Lanka in mid-September, Sinngamuththu Jesudasan could not resist the temptation to go and have a look - repeatedly.
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