Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1420
U.N.'s Mega Renovation Project Runs Short of Funds
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations, which is in the process of refurbishing its 62-year-old headquarters building at a cost of over 1.8 billion dollars financed by member states, is now seeking additional funds because of huge cost overruns.
Native People in Argentina Demand a Say in Lithium Mining
- Inter Press Service
Native communities in northwest Argentina turned to the Supreme Court to claim their right to be consulted about projects for prospecting and mining of lithium, regarded as the mineral of the future, located under an enormous salt flat.
BRICS Tighten United Front
- Inter Press Service
At their summit in the Indian capital on Thursday, leaders of the coalition known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — made several poignant decisions that experts say hint at the converging of economic and political interests of a disparate regional bloc.
Spanish Officials Turn Deaf Ear to General Strike
- Inter Press Service
Spain’s centre-right government stood firm and announced that it would not modify the labour reforms that tens of thousands of people protested Thursday in a 24-hour general strike.
Winds of Lent Blowing in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
Debates in civil society, tension with internal opposition groups, demands from outside the country and inevitable comparisons with John Paul II’s visit to this socialist island in 1998 surrounded Benedict XVI’s visit 14 years later to a very different Cuba.
ARGENTINA: Lack of Information Raises Risk of Cervical Cancer
- Inter Press Service
A novel research study in Argentina explored women's knowledge and beliefs about cervical cancer, in the provinces with the highest mortality from this highly preventable form of cancer, to design more effective policies.
Careless Handling of Benin’s Medical Waste Could Cost Lives
- Inter Press Service
Fifteen-year-old Aicha is one of the many spice vendors hawking their wares in the Dantokpa market, in Benin's economic capital, Cotonou. But a closer look at her tidy stall reveals a disturbing detail: the powdered spices are packaged in recycled medicine vials.
Chad Famine — Mothers Breaking Apart Anthills in Search of Food
- Inter Press Service
'Only God knows what will happen to me and my children - for two months there's been nothing to eat. We're living like beggars,' Henriette Sanglar, a mother of four in the Moursal quarter of the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, told IPS.
South Africa No Longer the Gateway to the Continent
- Inter Press Service
South Africa’s membership of the bloc of leading emerging economies and its unique position in Africa heralded the country’s role as a gateway into the African continent. However, trade experts question whether it can live up to this position as investors begin to increasingly look towards other African markets.
Scientists Claim Their Place in Struggle for Food Security
- Inter Press Service
Weather events such as extreme temperatures and drought caused global agricultural losses of 11.4 billion dollars in 2011, while 12 million hectares of farmland are lost to land degradation every year, and unsustainable agricultural practices contribute to the emission of greenhouse gases.
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