Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1138
Latin America Stirs the Marijuana Pot
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY/MONTEVIDEO, Sep 27 (IPS) - In Latin America, where marijuana is the most widely consumed illegal drug, there is basically no home-grown research into its effects and properties. But possible legalisation in Uruguay and the Mexican capital could open the door to new studies.
OP-ED: The U.S.-Iran Wrestling Match
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 27 (IPS) - From Tehran's perspective, the current negotiations between Iran and the United States may be best described as a wrestling match.
U.S. Projects 17-Percent Emissions Reduction by 2020
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 27 (IPS) - The United States has formally told the United Nations that it is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 17-percent by the end of the decade, assuming that currently proposed regulations are implemented.
Bloody Days in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Sep 26 (IPS) - Activists claim that more than one hundred people have been killed and thousands injured during demonstrations in Sudan following the removal of fuel subsidies.
Rising Temperatures Hurt Pollination – and Food Production
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Sep 26 (IPS) - A rise in temperature modifies the physiological features of some plants – a consequence of climate change that is less perceptible than stronger and more frequent hurricanes, but just as harmful to food production.
Survivors Question U.N. Focus on Legalising Sex Work
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - The age-old debate over how to regulate sex work has led to a rift between the United Nations and anti-trafficking organisations, which are pressuring the world body to rethink its position following two reports that advocate decriminalising all aspects of prostitution.
Sunshine Gets Slowly More Energetic in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Sep 26 (IPS) - On top of a small wooden cabin in Norton, a dormitory town outside the capital of Zimbabwe, is a solar panel that Silvester Ngunzi uses to light up his household.
Mideast and Africa Still Holdouts on Women's Rights
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 25 (IPS) - Gender equality around the world has increased dramatically over the past half-century even though the vast majority of countries continue to restrict women's economic development in at least one way, the World Bank reports this week.
Poverty Declines as Inequality Deepens
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - As world leaders from 193 countries evaluate the successes and failures of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) during high-level meetings and special events here, the United Nations claims that extreme poverty worldwide has been cut in half.
Sponsor a University Student in Spain
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, Sep 25 (IPS) - Adopt a tree. Adopt a polar bear. Sponsor a child in a poor country. The concept has caught on in Spain's troubled academic system and now people and companies can sponsor a university student.
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