Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1210
Obama Issues Landmark “Open Government” Rules
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 09 (IPS) - President Barack Obama has initiated a potential sea change in U.S government accountability, unveiling Thursday an executive order mandating all federal agencies to make openness and public accessibility the default methods for handling official data.
Toxic Waste on Par with Malaria as a Global Killer
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 09 (IPS) - Toxic waste sites in 31 countries are damaging the brains of nearly 800,000 children and impairing the health of millions of people in the developing world, two new studies have found.
Displaced by Gold Mining in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, May 09 (IPS) - "I was displaced here by mining a month ago. Illegal miners forced me out of my municipality. No, don't write down where I'm from, let alone my name," said a 40-year-old black man frightened for his safety. IPS agreed to say only that he is from Colombia's southern Pacific coast region.
The Challenge of Being a Maasai Woman
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 09 (IPS) - The Maasai tribe of Kenya and Tanzania has long been a beacon of traditional culture to many Africans - and for Westerners on safari through Maasai Mara, Samburu or Amboseli, a familiar face.
Culture Becomes Latest Front in Afghanistan's War
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, May 09 (IPS) - Another kind of war, less explosive than bombs and more subtle than night raids, is taking place in the Central Asian country of Afghanistan: a war of cultural influence. Its means are financial sponsorships and other support for cultural and artistic events.
Developing Resilience to Financial Shocks
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 09 (IPS) - The global repercussions of the 2007-2008 financial crisis are a stark reminder of the economic interdependence in our globalising world. No country was spared from the shock waves that originated in the financial systems of developed economies.
What Pakistani Women Voters Want
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, May 09 (IPS) - As Pakistan inches closer to the May 11 elections, and the accompanying heat and dust get even thicker, it is pertinent to stop for a moment and ask: what do women voters in Pakistan want?
Kenyan Women to Break Glass Ceiling in Cabinet
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 09 (IPS) - Kenya's nominees for cabinet secretary positions, who include an unprecedented number of women - six out of 18 - will undergo a gruelling public vetting process by the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments Thursday.
Islamists Lay Siege to Dhaka
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, May 08 (IPS) - Adding to a long list of domestic woes, including a factory collapse that left hundreds dead last month, Bangladesh is now grappling with a wave of violence that threatens to deepen the gulf between secular sections of society and religious fundamentalists.
Mexico - Ground Zero in the Fight for the Future of Maize
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, May 08 (IPS) - In the 2011 action-thriller "Unknown", scientists are persecuted by the biotech industry because they plan the open release of a drought- and pest-resistant strain of maize that could help eradicate world hunger.
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