Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1405
More Toilets in Zimbabwe, Better Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
Government and sanitation experts say Zimbabwe needs to increase efforts to promote good hygiene and invest in toilets and clean water provision, as the country grapples with a typhoid outbreak.
U.S. Patriot Act Kept Somalia Starving
- Inter Press Service
When war-torn Somalia was also ravaged by a drought-induced famine last year, which killed tens of thousands and displaced over a million people, international media was quick to blame the Islamist Al-Shabaab for blocking humanitarian assistance from reaching its zone of control in southern Somalia.
Brazilian Favela Becomes a Living Museum
- Inter Press Service
The history, daily life and folk artistry as well as spectacular views of this southeastern Brazilian city are all part of a living museum created by community leaders in a favela that is displaying its cultural heritage as well as its wounds.
Protest Time in Tunisia Again
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of centre-left demonstrators violently clashed with police in street battles that completely shut down central Tunis last week, left scores seriously injured and underlined the persistent divisions in Tunisian society.
Business20 Makes Its Weight Felt at G20 Meeting
- Inter Press Service
The concerns of the business community basically monopolised the first day of the meeting of trade and economy ministers of the G20 group of industrialised and emerging countries in this Mexican resort city Thursday.
Ghanaian Fisherfolk Blasting Their Way to Finding Fish
- Inter Press Service
Explosives, high-watt light bulbs, monofilament nets, and poison: these are a few methods fisherfolk are using to catch ever-dwindling fish stocks off Ghana’s shores.
Gulf of Mexico Seafood Deformities Alarm Scientists
- Inter Press Service
'The fishermen have never seen anything like this,' Jim Cowan told Al Jazeera. 'And in my 20 years working on red snapper, looking at somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 fish, I've never seen anything like this either.'
U.S.: Only Four-Fifths of Men's Pay for Women
- Inter Press Service
Forty-seven years after the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, women in the United States are still struggling against wage discrimination in the workplace.
Indonesia Knocks at BRICS' Door
- Inter Press Service
Indonesia’s keen interest in becoming the newest member of BRICS — a bloc of emerging-market nations comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has sparked off a round of debate on the future and efficacy of South-South groupings.
U.N. in Last Ditch Bid to Finalise Rio+20 Action Plan
- Inter Press Service
The Rio+20 sustainable development summit, scheduled to take place in Brazil in June, is billed as a key meeting of world leaders who are expected to renew their political commitment and approve a wide-ranging plan for a greener future.
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