Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1495
African Sun Prepares to Power Europe
- Inter Press Service
Solar thermal power plants are indispensable to meet Europe’s energy demands and to reduce greenhouse gases emissions substantially, according to a new study by a European scientific commission.
SOUTH AFRICA: No Political Will to Support Generic Medication
- Inter Press Service
South African health experts are calling on governments to use legally available mechanisms to promote the production or import of generic drugs in their countries.
SOMALIA: Aid Dwindles, Disease Spreads
- Inter Press Service
Doctors in Mogadishu are warning that famine victims in internally displaced camps have become vulnerable to contagious diseases like cholera and measles, as conditions here are ripe for an outbreak. This comes as internally displaced persons complain that relief aid to some camps has dwindled or stopped.
ASIA-PACIFIC: Refugees of Climate Change Rising Steadily
- Inter Press Service
Asian countries, home to about 60 percent of the world's population, will be hit hardest by changing weather patterns and a degrading environment, research indicates.
U.S.: Pacific Pivot or APEC Misstep?
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama intended to use the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting last weekend in Hawai'i to signal a shift in U.S. foreign policy away from the Middle East and toward the Asia-Pacific region.
U.S.: Occupy Cal Students Revive Camp After Police Clubbing
- Inter Press Service
Occupy Cal students were clubbed by baton-wielding university police Nov. 9 - with beatings captured on video - when they linked arms and refused to disband the tent camp they had erected on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
CUBA: Strategic Battle against Corruption
- Inter Press Service
The battle against corruption is one of the greatest challenges faced by Cuban President Raúl Castro, who began designing his strategy for preventing and combating the problem when he temporarily took office after his brother Fidel fell ill in July 2006.
Floods Leave Thai Economy Gasping
- Inter Press Service
No guns are needed in this battle. Only the muscle of Thai soldiers defending a sprawling industrial estate on the eastern end of this city from an advancing enemy - flood waters.
/CORRECTION/*Italy's New Cabinet - Politics without Politicians*
- Inter Press Service
Of the 12 ministers nominated Wednesday by Italy's premier-designate Mario Monti, not one is a politician.
Italy's New Cabinet - Politics without Politicians
- Inter Press Service
Of the 12 ministers nominated Wednesday by Italy’s premier-designate Mario Monti, not one is a politician.
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