Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1384
G8 Turns to Private Sector for Food Crisis Solutions
- Inter Press Service
On the eve of the Group of Eight (G8) summit near Washington, President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled a major new initiative aimed at shoring up food security and combating global hunger.
KAZAKHSTAN: Astana Touts Caspian Port as NDN Hub
- Inter Press Service
The United States and Kazakhstan are exploring the idea of expanding the amount of military cargo passing through Kazakhstan into and out of Afghanistan. The focal point of the discussions is the Caspian port city of Aktau.
HAITI: Funding Dries Up Even as Rains Worsen Cholera Deaths
- Inter Press Service
As predicted, the beginning of the rainy season in Haiti brought exponential increases in the numbers of people sickened and killed by cholera.
Industrialised Countries Under Critical Spotlight at U.N. Meet
- Inter Press Service
The latest session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place May 15-25 in the former German capital Bonn, is the perfect opportunity to reaffirm the enormous and growing body of scientific expertise on policies to tackle global warming.
Q&A: How Sex Education Programs Can Shape a Better Future
- Inter Press Service
In Latin American countries and in the Caribbean, where income disparities are among the greatest in the world, too many people often lack access to comprehensive health services and information needed to live healthy lives.
Brazil Drives Energy Integration in South America
- Inter Press Service
Energy integration in South America will be a reality 'in the medium to long term,' driven by hydropower and drawing on Brazil’s experience, predicts Altino Ventura Filho, secretary of planning in this country’s Ministry of Mines and Energy.
U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Malian soldiers who overthrew the government on Mar. 22 have neither the right to remain in power nor the strength to deal with humanitarian and security challenges facing the West African country.
Caught Between Diarrhoea Bugs and Arsenic
- Inter Press Service
Caught between arsenic contaminated groundwater and diarrhoea-causing microbes in its ponds and rivers, achieving the millennium development goal of providing access to safe drinking water for its 160 million people by 2015 is a tough call for Bangladesh.
Bracing for a Massive Influx of Returnees
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of border tensions the United Nations is airlifting 12,000 southerners from a Sudanese frontier town into South Sudan. But they are returning home in the midst of an economic crisis that has the U.N. warning it may appeal for more funding to scale up humanitarian operations.
‘Leave Nothing But Footprints’ on Philippine Beaches
- Inter Press Service
Seashells and corals are competing with styrofoam packs, food wrappers, cigarette butts, and plastic bottles for space on some of the Philippines’ most scenic beaches. Graffiti mars tourist spots like lighthouses and caves, proclaiming the names of recent visitors.
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