Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1394
Renationalised YPF Aims to Bring Self-Sufficiency in Oil and Gas
- Inter Press Service
After the Argentine Congress approved the renationalisation of YPF, the country’s biggest oil company, late Thursday, thousands of demonstrators from different political and social groups cheered the decision outside the legislature.
Standing Up for the Planet and the Future
- Inter Press Service
What are you doing on Saturday? Peter Nix, a retiree, will be standing on a railway track on Canada's west coast blocking a coal train destined to ship U.S. and Canadian coal to Asia.
Child Soldiers Used in Mali Conflict
- Inter Press Service
It was tough for Hassan Toure to decide to stay in his small town on the outskirts of Kidal, in northern Mali. The government troops had withdrawn on Mar. 30, and several armed groups, including militias and bandits, were operating in the region.
Disarmament Sparks Violence in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
Civil society groups are calling on the United Nations peacekeeping mission to withdraw support from a disarmament programme they say could spark further violence in South Sudan’s volatile Jonglei state.
New Projects Dispel Myths and Spread the Truth About Vaccines
- Inter Press Service
In northern Pakistan, one in ten children dies before the age of five from diseases such as polio, measles or hepatitis, despite the availability of vaccines. And while health workers feared visiting this region, which includes the mountainous Swat district controlled by the Taliban until 2009, local people also fear the potentially life-saving vaccines.
Over-investment Fears Loom in Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
As governments around the world continue to discuss how to ease sanctions in Myanmar, fears are increasing that a sudden massive influx of foreign investment could be detrimental to the delicate ongoing transition.
U.S. Should Double Aid to Curb Violence in Central America: Report
- Inter Press Service
The United States should double aid to Central America and focus it more on programmes designed to strengthen the region's criminal justice institutions to help curb the skyrocketing violence in the region, according to a new report published by an influential foreign policy group.
Central America Seeks to Buffer Effects of Crisis in Europe
- Inter Press Service
The economic crisis plaguing many countries in the European Union has forced Central America to look at preventive measures to mitigate the effects in this region, which could include a decline in tourism, migrant remittances, exports and investment.
Refugees Dream of Return, Come Home to Nightmare
- Inter Press Service
Krishnaveni Nakkeeran has fled the country of her birth twice and returned twice in the last two decades. The 36-year-old mother of four from the northern Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lanka first fled the bloody civil war to India when she was just 16 years old in 1990.
Greeks Gear Up to Cast ‘Protest Votes’ Against Austerity
- Inter Press Service
Aggeliki Anagnostopoulou (30) sits in a corner of the huge room that volunteers from the new party, Independent Greeks, are using as a headquarters for their pre-election campaign in the lead up to polling day on May 6.
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