Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1129
Conflicts Over Water Rise in Tanzania
- Inter Press Service
PANGANI, Tanzania, Oct 18 (IPS) - Conflicts over water are increasing in the sprawling Pangani River Basin in northeastern Tanzania as farmers and herders jostle for dwindling water resources in the face of climate change.
Skype Gets Dark in Karachi
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Oct 18 (IPS) - First, it was Youtube. Now, if the government of Sindh has its way, it could well be goodbye to Skype, Whatsapp, Viber and Tango for the people of this province in southeastern Pakistan. At least for the next three months.
U.S. Reforms "Open Floodgates" on Arms Exports
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (IPS) - On Tuesday, the largest deregulation in the history of U.S. arms exports took place as part of the Barack Obama administration's export reform initiative.
OP-ED: Collapsism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (IPS) - U.S policymakers indulge in a variety of child's play called collapsism. They close their eyes when they want a particularly despised adversary to go away. And poof! Kim Jong Eun's North Korea eventually disappears. Raul Castro's Cuba eventually vanishes.
Groups Target Food Waste to Eliminate Hunger
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 17 (IPS) - If all food loss and waste around the world could be recovered, half the world's population, or 3.5 billion people, could be fed. Yet people throw away a third of food produced globally, an issue that inspired the theme of these year's World Food Day, sustainable food systems for food security and nutrition.
Washington State Becomes Latest GMO Battleground
- Inter Press Service
SEATTLE, Washington, U.S., Oct 17 (IPS) - The northwestern state of Washington could become the first in the U.S. to require labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on foods and food packages, after a similar measure in California failed last year.
Struggling U.S. Families Threatened by Food Stamp Cuts
- Inter Press Service
Iran Nuclear Deal May Have its Beginnings in Geneva
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 17 (IPS) - Talks between Iran and world powers known as the P5+1 over Iran's nuclear programme wrapped up here Wednesday with expressions of encouragement and hope by all parties, a commitment to reconvene in just three weeks, and several welcome "firsts".
When Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe
- Inter Press Service
Grief Veils Eid for Syrian Refugees
- Inter Press Service
SIDON, Lebanon, Oct 16 (IPS) - This week the Islamic world marks one of its holiest holidays, Eid al-Adha - honouring Ibrahim's commitment to sacrifice his first-born son to Allah. The festival involves large family gatherings, bountiful lunches and generous gift giving.
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