Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1323
Donors Urged to Give Space to New Somali Govt
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - Both the U.S. government and the United Nations warned Wednesday that new fighting in a key rebel-held area of Somalia needed to ensure the safety of civilians, in a battle that could be a critical turning point following the country’s recent surprise election results and decades of lawlessness.
Palestinian Authority Faces Fiscal Crisis, As World Bank Blames Israelis
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - With a shortfall of some 400 million dollars this year, the Palestinian Authority (PA) faces a “deepening fiscal crisis", according to new reports released here Wednesday on the eve of a critical donors’ conference by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Young People Caretaking in an Aging Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Sep 19 (IPS) - Mabel Suárez, a 22-year-old Cuban woman, can’t concentrate on enjoying her youth. She helped take care of her great-grandmother for two years, and she knows that, whether she likes it or not, it will fall to her to take care of her grandparents and parents in their old age.
Religious Groups in Brazil Condemn Attacks on Islam
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 19 (IPS) - The Brazilian Commission for Combating Religious Intolerance (CCIR) condemned the film “Innocence of Muslims" as “disrespectful” of the prophet Mohammed, and organised a mass protest demanding respect for freedom of religion in this country.
Xenophobes Find Police Protection in Greece
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Sep 19 (IPS) - Panahi Gholamhousein (22), an Afghan refugee who spends his days in a room that is barely five square metres with his wife Zarmina (18) and their 19-month-old daughter Zahra, has hardly left his place in downtown Athens since he was beaten up and robbed nearly a month ago.
EU Cap ‘Only Boosts Biofuels’
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Sep 19 (IPS) - The European Commission has announced it will limit the amount of crop-based biofuels used in transport, but its newly proposed measures are not nearly enough to curb the disastrous impact of the EU's biofuel policy around the world. Its effects will only worsen, activists say.
Uganda Oils Sales to China
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Sep 19 (IPS) - Almost a decade since Uganda initiated negotiations with China for the favourable export of coffee beans to the Asian giant, it is struggling to create even trade relations with the world's second-biggest economy. But economic experts predict that the East African nation could close the gap through the promotion of agriculture and the eventual export of oil.
U.S.: Public More Concerned About Rising China Than Elites
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - The U.S. public is more concerned about the rise of China – particularly as an economic power – than are elite sectors, including government officials, business leaders, scholars and media figures, according to a major new survey released here Tuesday by several U.S. think tanks.
Suu Kyi Backs Lifting of Final U.S. Sanctions on Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - Speaking on Tuesday at her first public address in the United States, Myanmar’s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said that she supported the lifting of the last remaining U.S. economic sanctions on her country, but also warned that all remaining political prisoners need to be released.
Post-Arab Spring Democratic Gains at Risk, Group Warns
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 18 (IPS) - Almost two years after popular uprisings swept across the Middle East and North Africa, rights advocates are warning that ominous backsliding is taking place in countries across the region and beyond.
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