Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1328
‘Killer’ Liquor Sachets Banned in Zambia
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Sep 12 (IPS) - About a dozen men aimlessly wander around what seems like a prison courtyard. Most of them appear completely disoriented, a confused gaze in their eyes.
IMF Likely to Miss Key Reforms Deadline
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 12 (IPS) - With just a month to go before an agreed deadline, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Tuesday that a push for more equitable voting shares among the organisation’s member states was still lagging.
Salvadoran Bay Breeds Hope for Sea Turtles
- Inter Press Service
ISLA LA PIRRAYA, Usulután, El Salvador, Sep 11 (IPS) - El Salvador’s Jiquilisco Bay, a tiny hidden corner of the Pacific Ocean, is becoming a haven for endangered sea turtles.
OP-ED: Women and Girls at Heart of the Blue Revolution
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 11 (IPS) - World Water Week recently concluded in Stockholm with a special emphasis on the linkages between water and food security.
China Puts Up a Green Shield Against Sandstorms
- Inter Press Service
CHIFENG, Inner Mongolia, China, Sep 11 (IPS) - The setting sun is still streaming in through the poplars along the shelter belts, but Horquin Lianjun is done with farm work for the day. The desert wind has turned bone chilling.
Kenya’s Water Wars Kill Scores
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 11 (IPS) - Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to educate communities on how to conserve the valuable resource, the situation will escalate, governance experts and environmentalists warn.
Trans-Pacific Trade Talks Grind On
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 11 (IPS) - The 14th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the proposal for a massive free-trade area spearheaded by the United States, got underway here over the weekend.
Small Dams – from Heroes to Villains in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 10 (IPS) - A recent Brazilian court decision to suspend construction of small hydroelectric dams along the Paraguay River has highlighted the doubts raised about a growing alternative source of energy that until recently was considered one of the most environmentally-friendly sources.
Despite War Anxiety, a Cooperative Mood in Iran
- Inter Press Service
TEHRAN, Sep 10 (IPS) - More than three years after the contested 2009 presidential election, many Iranians continue to mistrust their government. But rather than stand on the sidelines, they are still trying to better the conditions in the country.
Agricultural Activity to Slow Clandestine Emigration from Senegal
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Sep 10 (IPS) - "It was Ibrahima Sarr, a friend and fellow fisherman, who got me involved with smuggling people across the seas." Senegalese fisherman Doudou Ndoye speaks with the bittersweet conviction of a man redeemed.
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