Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1402
European Refugees Meet Austerity-Era Hostility
- Inter Press Service
As the economic slump drags on in Europe, refugees and immigrants are keeping a wary eye on state budgets, as governments in the throes of austerity slash the social protections and public services that minorities rely on.
OP-ED: Nobel Laureates and Students Defending Human Rights, One Step at a Time
- Inter Press Service
I spent Monday morning in the library of Chicago's Lincoln Park High School, listening to students talk about what the word 'hero' means to them. This wasn't any normal school day — in a few moments they would meet Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the father of micro-lending and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
Brazilian Mining Giant under Fire for Deaths, Environmental Damage
- Inter Press Service
Social movements from several countries accused Brazil’s Vale, the world’s second largest mining company, of causing serious environmental and social damage, as well as the deaths of 15 workers in labour accidents between 2010 and 2012.
Q&A: Harnessing the African Information Renaissance
- Inter Press Service
About 140 million Africans are now on the internet. With half of the population under age 15 and 70 percent of the population under 30, social media is becoming an important feature in the continent's development path.
KYRGYZSTAN: Moscow Vexed by Bishkek's Efforts to Play the Field
- Inter Press Service
The Kremlin is getting cranky over Kyrgyzstan's efforts to obtain aid without any diplomatic payback. To convey their displeasure, Russian officials are now delaying cooperation agreements and demanding an expanded share of a Kyrgyz military facility.
OP-ED: The Road Less Traveled
- Inter Press Service
The celebrated storyteller Mark Twain (1835-1910) wrote, 'Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.'
Armed Groups in Northern Mali Raping Women
- Inter Press Service
Increasing numbers of Malian women are being raped by Tuareg rebels and armed groups that have swept across the north of Mali since the beginning of year, expelling all government troops from the region.
Iceland Finds New Power in Farms
- Inter Press Service
'With the fuel from the agriculture project, we are encouraging farmers to look at possibilities they might have to produce their own energy, while at the same time getting the Agricultural University and Farmers’ Association to work towards supporting and encouraging the farmers,' says Haraldur Benediktsson, chair of the Icelandic Farmers’ Association about the campaign to reduce energy bought by farmers by 20 percent by 2015 and 80 percent by 2020.
Armed Groups in Northern Mali Raping Women
- Inter Press Service
Increasing numbers of Malian women are being raped by Tuareg rebels and armed groups that have swept across the north of Mali since the beginning of year, expelling all government troops from the region.
World Bank Overseeing Global Land Grab
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank continues to facilitate land-grabbing in poor and developing countries around the world, according to new research released here on Monday.
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