Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1466
U.S.: A Movement Evolves to Occupy the Future
- Inter Press Service
With its encampments mostly destroyed, the nascent Occupy Movement in thousands of communities across the U.S. and dozens more around the world has not faded away.
China Greets Gloomy New Year
- Inter Press Service
For much of last year world politicians and market watchers dreamed of China coming to the rescue of a stumbling global economy while Beijing mandarins sat on the fence fretting about high inflation and social instability inside their country. As China prepares to greet the Year of the Dragon later this month, many predict more gloom and doom, and some are expecting that the battle to stave off recession will be fought closer to home.
MIDEAST: The Olive Branch Fights Back
- Inter Press Service
'During hard times, we have survived off olive oil,' says Ahmed Sourani from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee. 'During the last war many people who couldn’t leave their homes had only bread and olive oil to sustain them for long periods.'
ZIMBABWE: Chinese Become Unwelcome Guests
- Inter Press Service
Alec Marembo has built his family fortune making bricks in Dzivarasekwa, a sprawling high-density suburb north of the capital of Zimbabwe. But due to the economic crisis of the last decade, his fortune started crumbling. Although he could break even when the downturn started, he finally gave in to competition from the Chinese.
KYRGYZSTAN: China Expanding Influence, One Student at a Time
- Inter Press Service
Among its Central Asian neighbours, China these days is more often feared than loved. This attitude is perhaps most apparent in Kyrgyzstan, where despite an overwhelming dependence on Chinese imports, Chinese-owned malls and mining pits have been the subject of attacks in recent years; nationalist editorials in the local press play on fears of the Middle Kingdom.
No-One Wants Mexico City's Garbage
- Inter Press Service
The closure of Mexico's biggest garbage dump has highlighted the absence of a comprehensive policy for urban waste collection, disposal and processing, a failure that has serious consequences for health and the environment.
CAMEROON: Stepping Naturally Away from Plastic
- Inter Press Service
Maya Stella, a restaurant manager in the capital of Cameroon, no longer uses plastic to wrap the corn-fufu that she sells to her customers. She now uses banana or plantain leaves instead, because these are 'natural and it is our African culture to use leaves in wrapping food.'
AFGHANISTAN: Trains Face a Rough Political Terrain
- Inter Press Service
Last month the first cargo train crossed the ‘Friendship Bridge’ from Uzbekistan to the border town Hairatan in northern Afghanistan, and rolled along 75 kilometres of newly laid track to Mazar-e-Sharif.
Less Counter-Insurgency, More Asia in New U.S. Strategy
- Inter Press Service
Capping a major eight-month review, President Barack Obama unveiled a new defence strategy here Thursday that places more emphasis on U.S. military capabilities in Asia and the Pacific and much less on counter-insurgency and nation-building operations in poorer and conflict-plagued countries.
Double Sentence: AIDS in a Senegalese Prison
- Inter Press Service
Amadou* takes in a long, deep breath, clears his throat and steps to the front of the room. He turns to look out at a familiar group of faces sitting on long wooden benches here at the Camp Penal maximum-security prison in Dakar. This is the last in a group of 150 inmates Amadou has been speaking with today. He’s tired, but remains focused.
Powered by
