Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1458
LEBANON: Could a New Civil Law Unify a Divided Society?
- Inter Press Service
Odette Klysinska, a Catholic French native, sits in her living room in an affluent neighbourhood in Beirut, clutching her will in one hand, shocked to learn that it is no longer legally valid in the country she now calls home.
EU-IRAN: New Sanctions Aimed at Averting Wider Conflict
- Inter Press Service
European countries are imposing unprecedented sanctions against Iran in part in hopes of preventing an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear installations that could further destabilise the Middle East and wreak havoc on the global economy.
JAMAICA: 'Mama P' Faces Prejudice, Economic Challenges
- Inter Press Service
Running on promises of job creation, economic growth and wider stakeholder consultations, Jamaica's most popular politician and the country's first female prime minister Portia Simpson Miller swept to power in a victory almost no one had predicted.
SRI LANKA: Poorest Still Go Hungry
- Inter Press Service
Experts agree that Sri Lanka's free pre and postnatal clinics across the island nation have helped bring infant mortality down to 15 per 1,000 live births and the under-five mortality rate to 21 per 1,000 live births.
MALAWI: Street Vendors Lose Customers after Stripping Women Naked
- Inter Press Service
A campaign to stop people buying merchandise from street vendors is gaining momentum in Malawi’s main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu after the small-scale traders went on a rampage undressing women and girls wearing trousers, leggings, shorts and mini-skirts.
AFRICA: Miracle Tree is Like a Supermarket
- Inter Press Service
When a food crisis hits the continent, African countries tend to look to the international donor community to mobilise aid. But a fast-growing, drought- resistant tree with extremely nutritious leaves could help poor, arid nations to fight food insecurity and malnutrition on their own.
ARGENTINA: In Famatina, Water Is Worth Far More Than Gold
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of people in the northwest Argentine province of La Rioja are mobilising to stop an open-cast gold mining project in the Nevados de Famatina, a snowy peak that is the semi-arid area's sole source of drinking water.
KENYA: Fours Years On IDPs Remain in Camps
- Inter Press Service
Six-year-old Victor Muruga points to a hole in the bush that he calls his 'bedroom'. 'I sleep there, under that tree and my mother sleeps under that blanket,' says Muruga.
Shale Gas a Bridge to More Global Warming
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of thousands of shale gas wells are being 'fracked' in the United States and Canada, allowing large amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, to escape into the atmosphere, new studies have shown.
Only Civil Society Can Save Rio+20, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
Large-scale social mobilisation, including street protests and parallel activities, is the only thing can save the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) from ending in nothing but frustration, according to activists and analysts.
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