Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1122
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.
Cracks Widen in U.S.-Saudi Alliance
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 07 (IPS) - While Monday's meeting between Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi King Abdullah may have helped calm the waters, the latest anxieties and anger expressed by Riyadh toward the United States has reignited debate here about the value of the two countries' long-standing alliance.
U.S., Iran Try to Narrow Gaps on Nuclear Deal
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Nov 06 (IPS) - Against a backdrop of cautious optimism, Iran and six world powers known as the P5+1 are reconvening here for talks Nov. 7-8 over Tehran's nuclear programme.
OP-ED: Act Now, Act Big to End Sexual Violence in DRC
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 06 (IPS) - Imagine an orphanage where over 300 children born out of rape have been abandoned because of the shame and stigma associated with sexual violence. Imagine a town where, in the last year, 11 infants between the ages of 6 months and 1 year, and 59 small children from 1 to 3 years old, have been raped.
Uruguay Keen to Become Regional Logistics Hub
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Nov 06 (IPS) - The small South American country of Uruguay could become a major logistics hub in the Southern Cone due to the deepwater port that the government is planning to build in a tourist area on the Atlantic ocean.
Mayor Who Let Them Eat Cake Now Eating Crow
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 06 (IPS) - When Michael Bloomberg was elected mayor of this city only weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, few imagined that by the time he left office a new building would have risen in the shadow of the Twin Towers.
Cuba, a Window to the Outside
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Nov 06 (IPS) - For the Cuban economy, the year 2014 is set to start with the opening of the first installations in the Special Economic Development Zone in the upgraded Mariel port, 70 km west of Havana.
Insuring Cows and Goats Improves Kenyan Lives
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 06 (IPS) - "That is the sound I love the most in the whole world," Hussein Ahmed says as the bells tied to his cattle begin clink as they return home. Ahmed, a pastoralist in Marsabit district in arid and semi-arid northern Kenya, lost all his animals in 2011 during one of the worst droughts in the region for over 60 years.
Corruption Smothering Pacific Students
- Inter Press Service
HONIARA, Nov 06 (IPS) - External interference in the awarding of tertiary scholarships in Pacific Island nations such as the Solomon Islands is denying some of the highest achievers among the young an opportunity to contribute to the future of their country and the region.
These ‘Ghost’ Schools Are Not for Children
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Nov 06 (IPS) - Rahmatullah Balal has spent ten years counting the schools that aren't. The particular kind of Pakistani schools that are called "ghost" schools.
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