Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1360
Anxiety as Donors Chart Aid for Afghanistan Beyond 2014
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 07 (IPS) - A key United Nations official on Friday urged the international community to match security funding for Afghanistan with economic and development funding after 2014, when most international – particularly U.S. – forces will leave the country.
PERU: Anti-Mining Protesters Shot Amid Climate of Fear
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Jul 06 (IPS) - In under two days, five demonstrators were gunned down by security forces in the northern Peruvian highlands region of Cajamarca, where a state of emergency has been declared.
"No Future We Want Without the Ocean We Need"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) - When South Korea, one of Asia's rising economic powerhouses, decided to host the international exhibition Expo 2012 in the coastal town of Yeosu, it picked a theme high on the agenda of the just-concluded Rio+20 summit on sustainable development: the living ocean.
South Africa’s National Health Insurance Sites Underfunded
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jul 06 (IPS) - Experts say that underfunded pilot universal healthcare sites to be set up by South Africa as part of its proposed national health insurance may be doomed to fail as debate rages about how the move to more equitable healthcare will be funded.
Concerns over Poll Preparations in Angola
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jul 06 (IPS) - Preparations for Angola’s second peacetime polls scheduled for August are being overshadowed by allegations of electoral fraud, state media bias and growing concerns about a violent crackdown on activists and protestors.
Aquaculture Boosts Papua New Guinea's Food Security
- Inter Press Service
PORT MORESBY, Jul 06 (IPS) - The vast Sirinumu Reservoir in Central Province which supplies water and electricity to Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s capital, is home to a co-operative of 60 fish farmers who are successfully employing aquaculture to improve local incomes and food security.
South Africa’s National Health Insurance Sites Underfunded
- Inter Press Service
Experts say that underfunded pilot universal healthcare sites to be set up by South Africa as part of its proposed national health insurance may be doomed to fail as debate rages about how the move to more equitable healthcare will be funded.
U.S. Push to Limit Copyright Law May Be Undercut by TPP Secrecy
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 05 (IPS) - In a surprise move this week, the United States says it is pushing for limitations to international copyright norms currently under negotiation surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the massive free trade agreement that could go into effect by the end of the year.
Activists to Appeal U.S. Court's Bhopal Verdict
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 05 (IPS) - After a controversial ruling Friday in favour of Union Carbide, NGOs and activists associated with the 1984 Bhopal, India industrial disaster are appealing the decision in the U.S. second circuit court of appeals.
Caribbean Weighs Allegiance to Taiwan vs. China
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 05 (IPS) - As Caribbean leaders meet in St. Lucia this week, they are focusing on a series of routine issues affecting the region, including problems with the smooth operation of the single trading market.
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