Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1209
Pakistan Marks Historic Election
- Inter Press Service
LAHORE, May 13 (IPS) - Flanked by loyalists, friends, journalists and excited family members, former Pakistani premier Mian Nawaz Sharif, head of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), seemed relaxed on the night of the May 11 general elections.
Doctors in Argentina Sound the Alert on Vaccine Sceptics
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, May 12 (IPS) - Argentina is one of the countries in Latin America with the highest levels of vaccination coverage. But experts are concerned about the growing campaign by vaccine critics against immunisation.
Israeli Students Vow to Eradicate Malnutrition
- Inter Press Service
TEL AVIV, May 12 (IPS) - At the Gymnasia Herzliya School in Tel Aviv, 20 ninth and tenth graders are testing the simplest, cheapest and fastest way to solve the problem of malnutrition among their peers around the world.
In Trinidad, Causes Debated as Flooding Worsens
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 12 (IPS) - Officially, the Caribbean's rainy season begins in June, coinciding with the start of the hurricane season. But recently, heavy rains have signalled an early start to the rainy season, flooding streets, swelling rivers and causing widespread damage to crops.
Optimistic but Cautious, Grenada Bolsters Its Water Resources
- Inter Press Service
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, May 11 (IPS) - One daunting scientific forecast states that almost half of the world's population will live in areas of water scarcity by 2030. Yet Christopher Husbands, the head of Grenada's National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA), is unfazed.
Women's Rights Still Denied in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, May 10 (IPS) - Latin American states are still failing to provide guarantees for women's educational, sexual and reproductive rights, according to activists from different regions of the world meeting in the Mexican capital.
Drug Dealers Trade Crime for Peace in Rio de Janeiro
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 10 (IPS) - Tuchinha was once a drug lord in Rio de Janeiro's Mangueira favela. But today he is helping youngsters turn their lives around and leave behind crime, prison and the likelihood of an early death.
Female Garment Workers Bear Brunt of Tragedy
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, May 10 (IPS) - Last month, 18-year-old Shapla was just another one of thousands of garment workers employed in a factory in Savar, a suburb of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.
Egypt's Political Instability Taking Toll on Its Economy
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, May 10 (IPS) - Regardless of who is responsible for Egypt's current political impasse – be it the administration of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi or an aggressive secular opposition – local experts are certain of at least one fact: Egypt's dire economic circumstances will not improve without political stability.
Cuba Knows Condom Use Not Enough
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, May 09 (IPS) - "But I always used a condom!" was the sentence that played over and over in Jaime Roche's mind when the young Cuban man tested positive for HIV in October.
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