Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1374
After War, Economic Crisis Hits South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations has warned that despite the austerity measures put in place by South Sudan to deal with its economic woes, humanitarian agencies will have to increase relief efforts in order to keep the country’s poor alive as the financial situation worsens.
RIO+20: Canada, Last Holdout, Drops Opposition to Water as Human Right
- Inter Press Service
Canada, in a dramatic political turnaround, has signaled its willingness to recognise water and sanitation as a basic human right.
MLK Centre: Building Social Networks in Cuba for 25 Years
- Inter Press Service
There was little familiarity with community networks in Cuba until Apr. 25, 1987, when the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Centre (CMMLK) was founded. Today, this ecumenical Christian organisation links up local initiatives with others in the Americas.
Battle Rages to Stretch the Legal Concept of Family in Nicaragua
- Inter Press Service
A bill under discussion in the Nicaraguan parliament has unleashed a nationwide debate on the concept of family.
Activists from Many Nations Condemn Chevron
- Inter Press Service
More than 100 people gathered Wednesday outside the gates of Chevron's sprawling headquarters in upscale San Ramon in the San Francisco Bay area of California, where police and security barred those without passes to the shareholder meeting from entering.
Going to School Without Breakfast in Portugal
- Inter Press Service
Going to school without eating breakfast has become a normal part of daily life for thousands of children in Portugal, whose growing vocabulary now includes the word 'crisis'.
OP-ED: Korea Takes the Spotlight with Yeosu Expo
- Inter Press Service
The Yeosu Expo 2012 exemplifies how the Republic of Korea (ROK) has made its debut on the world stage.
Q&A: Time for a More Sustainable Global Food System
- Inter Press Service
It is vitally important that governments and civil society organisations start transitioning to a more sustainable global food system in order to achieve lasting development.
Singapore Still Hostile to Immigrants
- Inter Press Service
The crash of a million-dollar Ferrari driven at high speed by a wealthy Chinese expatriate in the early hours of a weekend morning earlier this month has reignited the stormy immigration debate here, highlighting many Singaporeans’ resentment towards foreigners living and working in this small island nation.
Parliamentarians Seek to Deliver Sexual Rights
- Inter Press Service
Lawmakers from 110 countries, representing all continents, pledged here last week to intensify efforts, individually and collectively, aiming to attain the goals on safeguarding people’s rights to sexual health and freedom to determine their reproductive choices. The goals were set at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in 1994 in Cairo.
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