Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1132
Brazil in Reverse
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 11 (IPS) - In the last five years, Brazil has joined the ranks of the world's big polluters, whose main source of greenhouse gases is the burning of fossil fuels.
OP-ED: Grenada's IMF Sunday School
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - As the International Monetary Fund shares initial proposals for Grenada's debt restructuring during the Washington DC meetings this week, the Caribbean island could gain a reputation for more than nutmeg, calypso, beaches and the 2012 gold medal sprinter Kirani James.
Zimbabweans Head Out for a Better Life
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Oct 11 (IPS) - Admire Gumbo, 26, from Harare's Mabvuku high density-suburb, is loathe to leave Zimbabwe to return to Botswana. However, he feels he has no choice but to return to the neighbouring country where he worked for three years as a manual labourer.
Swat Not at Peace With Malala
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) - Back in Swat Valley in Pakistan where she comes from, Malala Yousafzai who had been tipped to win the Nobel peace prize this year, has not only left behind more girls in school now than there were a year ago but also large numbers of people who are now distanced – and even hostile – to her.
400 Million Children Mired in Extreme Poverty
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - Four hundred million children under 13 years of age are living in extreme poverty worldwide, according to a new study released by the World Bank here Thursday.
Conserve Water or Perish, Warns U.N. Chief
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (IPS) - Just 17 years from now, nearly half the global population could be facing water scarcity, with demand outstripping supply by 40 percent.
Argentina Blindly Exploiting Groundwater, Scientists Warn
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 10 (IPS) - Half of Argentina is supplied with water by invisible underground aquifers, which are crucial in the country's arid and semi-arid regions, experts say. But Tierramérica discovered that nobody – not even the government – has any accurate scientific data on these groundwater reserves.
U.S. Suspends More Military Aid to Egypt, Arousing Scepticism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - The administration of President Barack Obama announced Wednesday it was freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Egyptian military pending "credible progress" toward a return to democratic rule.
Energy Hits New Rocks in Mongolia
- Inter Press Service
TOV PROVINCE, Mongolia, Oct 10 (IPS) - Mongolia, 90 percent dependent on fuel imports from Russia and vulnerable to price hikes, is seeking to develop its oil shale deposits of at least 800 billion tons.
OP-ED: Why Keeping Girls in School Can Help South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 10 (IPS) - Mary K. loved to study and wanted to be an accountant. However, when she was 16 and in class six (grade eight), her father forced her to leave school to marry a 50-year-old man who paid him 60 cows.
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