Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1326
Pakistan Factory Blaze Points to Poor Safety Standards, Corruption
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Sep 14 (IPS) - The inferno that killed over 250 people at a garments factory in Karachi’s Baldia Town on Sept. 11 has raised questions over not just poor workplace safety standards in industry but massive corruption in government which leads to the flouting of building laws.
Small Islands Push for New Energy
- Inter Press Service
ST. JULIAN’S, Malta, Sep 14 (IPS) - Most islands are well endowed with one or more renewable energy source – rivers, waterfalls, wind, sunshine, biomass, wave power, geothermal deposits - yet virtually all remain heavily or entirely reliant on imported fossil fuels to produce electricity and power transport.
Cuba Faces Challenge of Aging Population
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Sep 14 (IPS) - “We age much more quickly than we learn how to,” says Juan Carlos Alfonso, director of the Population and Housing Census that begins to be carried out on Saturday, Sept. 15 in Cuba. The question of aging is on many minds in this country, where important social progress has been made but acute economic problems persist.
Rio Summit's Legacy Still a Question Mark
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 14 (IPS) - Academics gathered in Washington on Wednesday suggested that the mixed experience at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in June, has increased the importance of citizen engagement and consumer accountability in issues of environment, renewable energy and sustainability.
General’s Defence on Afghan Scandal Ducks Key Evidence
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 13 (IPS) - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, the former commander of NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan, denied to a U.S. Congressional panel Wednesday that he had cited the impact on Congressional elections in opposing the timing of a request for an investigation of high-level Afghan military corruption and its impact on neglect of patients at the Afghan National Military Hospital (NMH) two years ago.
U.N. Doubles Down on Slashing Child Mortality by 2015
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) - While the global community made progress in reducing under-five child mortality to below seven million per year, it risks failing to reach the global targets set for 2015 if action is not scaled up, according to a new report by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF.
Laissez-Faire Failing World's Dwindling Water Resources
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 13 (IPS) - Growing water shortages in many countries are a major threat to global security and development and should be a top priority at the U.N. Security Council, a panel of experts said in a new report.
Q&A: “The More Difficult Task Came After the Revolution”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) - Following the revolution that culminated in the ouster of longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011, Tunisia embarked on a transitional justice process with the intention of addressing the gross human rights violations of the dictatorship.
Guinea Grows NERICA Rice to Reduce Dependence on Imports
- Inter Press Service
CONAKRY, Sep 13 (IPS) - Kafoumba Koné sounds almost smug. "Our first rice harvest is in, and we're getting ready to plant again," he says, surveying his farm in southeastern Guinea. "Other farmers who have not yet tried NERICA are still preparing for their only harvest of the year."
‘Cambodia Can't Afford New Dengue Vaccine’
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Sep 13 (IPS) - Public health experts in Cambodia are unenthused by reports of trials for a dengue vaccine conducted in neighbouring Thailand, saying it will be too costly for those who need it most – children in the least developed and developing countries.
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