Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1462
CUBA: Countdown to First Communist Party Conference
- Inter Press Service
In the run-up to the first National Conference of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), the insistence of government sources that the meeting will concentrate on internal party matters seems to imply that social issues are to be excluded from the agenda.
DEVELOPMENT: Little Tobin, Less Robin
- Inter Press Service
Europe’s apparent failure to forge broad agreement on introducing a financial transactions tax marks the latest setback for organisations counting on a similar worldwide fee to fund development aid in austere times.
EGYPT: Lending to Repression, Again
- Inter Press Service
For three decades Western governments and lending institutions bankrolled a corrupt regime in Egypt that trampled human rights and stifled democracy. Now they appear ready to do it again, say critics of the military council that has ruled since removing president Hosni Mubarak last February.
MEXICO: Even Educated Young Women Face Poor, Jobless Future
- Inter Press Service
The year 2012 started off with little promise for workers in Mexico, with analysts projecting job losses and wages below subsistence levels.
CANADA: Opposition Builds to New 'Tar Sands' Pipeline
- Inter Press Service
As public hearings began earlier this month into a controversial pipeline that would transport crude oil from the Alberta tar sands to tankers along the coast of British Columbia, environmental groups and First Nations communities have raised staunch opposition to the project, which they say puts both the environment and their traditional way of life at risk.
THAILAND: Malay-Muslim Insurgency - Lessons Learnt
- Inter Press Service
Teachers’ Day on Jan. 16 was a sombre affair in Thailand’s troubled southern provinces where memories are strong of 155 educators killed over the past eight years in an insurgency led by Malay-Muslim separatists.
SWAZILAND-SOUTH AFRICA: New Railway Line to Boost Economies
- Inter Press Service
The 146-kilometre railway line to be established between South Africa and Swaziland will help reduce the cost of doing business between the two countries.
KENYA: Key Lakes Succumb to Human Activities
- Inter Press Service
Several years ago, Lakes Kamnarok and Ol Bollosat in Kenya were vibrant water bodies that supported and shaped the ecosystems around them. But today they are shells of their former selves, due to heavy siltation caused by human activities.
PAKISTAN: Forests Fall Victim to the Taliban
- Inter Press Service
The forests of northwestern Pakistan have become the latest victim of the Taliban’s increasingly desperate quest for resources to sustain and fund its military programme.
Melting Ice Makes Arctic Access a Hot Commodity
- Inter Press Service
China, Brazil and India want seats on the Arctic Council as global warming creates new opportunities for shipping and resource extraction in the vast Arctic region.
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