Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1413
Sorcery-Related Violence on the Rise in Papua New Guinea
- Inter Press Service
An increase in sorcery-related violence and fatalities over the last decade in Papua New Guinea is generating awareness about the lack of development, economic opportunities, inequality and under-resourced health services in rural areas.
OP-ED: Indonesian Youth in the Post-1998 Era of Democratisation
- Inter Press Service
May 1998 was a terrible and magical moment in the history of Indonesia's youth movement.
Radioactive Mushrooms Cloud Compensation Plans
- Inter Press Service
The discovery of radioactive contamination in ‘shiitake’ mushrooms grown in Manazuru town, Kanagawa prefecture, some 300 km away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, has raised public clamour for compensation.
Working to Cope with Climate Change, Jamaica Calculates Costs
- Inter Press Service
Jamaican authorities are aiming to transform an island that experts say faces one of the worst climate risks in the world into a nation 'equipped to prepare for and respond to the negative impacts of climate change'.
Israel-Iran Matters Get Worse in Verse
- Inter Press Service
A lyrical attack by Germany’s acclaimed novelist and essayist Günter Grass in which he labelled Israel’s alleged atomic arsenal and looming pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear installations a threat to world peace has triggered fury and controversy amongst Israelis.
'A New Dawn Rises over Malawi'
- Inter Press Service
It would be too simplistic to think that Malawi’s problems have ended with the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. But it is an opportunity for newly appointed President Joyce Banda, who is also leader of the opposition People’s Party, to step up and offer a new and more responsive style of leadership.
Will Climate Refugees Get Promised Aid?
- Inter Press Service
With extreme weather pounding countries across a wide arc in the Asia-Pacific region, questions hover over entitlements for millions of people displaced by climate change, pledged under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and other sources.
Put Food Crisis on G8's Plate, Group Urges
- Inter Press Service
Days before the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, anti- poverty advocates staged their own egg hunt in Lafayette Park to urge President Obama to 'find political will to end global hunger' during the upcoming G8 Summit at Camp David.
Libya Faces a Health Check
- Inter Press Service
At a crowded corner of the Tripoli Medical Centre, people gather every morning to submit paperwork for medical treatment abroad, or worriedly scan new lists of approved names plastering the walls.
New Leaders in Yemen, Same Old System
- Inter Press Service
A new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday contends that the dearth of meaningful reform in the protection of human rights and the rule of law in Yemen threatens political stability as the fledgling transitional government copes with a deteriorating economy and continued violence.
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