News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 121
Eswatini: Democracy a Matter of Life and Death
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Feb 10 (IPS) - Thulani Maseko knew speaking out in Eswatini was a risky business. An activist and well-known human rights lawyer, he’d previously spent 14 months in jail for criticising the country’s lack of judicial independence. Now he’s dead, shot in his home by unknown assailants.
The Opioid Addiction Crisis & U.S. National Security
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 10 (IPS) - The opioid addiction crisis in the United States is an acute public health emergency and a profound threat to national security – which is caused by the over-prescription, misuse, illegal production, and criminal trafficking and sale of opioid pharmaceutical drugs to Americans. It is estimated that over 130 people die every day from opioid overdoses in the U.S.
Making the Energy Transition a Reality in the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Feb 09 (IPS) - The last three years have seen the Pacific impacted negatively due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tourism industry, a key source of national revenue and jobs creation, received a severe blow due to closure of borders and reduced travel.
Work in Teams and Win the Race: A Hub-centered Strategy to Unleash Latin America's Hydrogen Potential
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 08 (IPS) - Latin America has the potential to become the world’s dominant exporter of hydrocarbon. According to the IEA, Latin America could produce 25 percent of the 12 Million tons (Mt) of low-carbon hydrogen exports expected by 2030.
Solar-powered UN House Lights Way for Greener & More Efficient Timor-Leste
- Inter Press Service
DILI, Timor-Leste, Feb 08 (IPS) - Access to energy remains a concerning challenge for many in Timor-Leste. The centralised nature of the local electricity supply chain has traditionally kept consumers reliant on the national grid to overcome chronic energy shortages.
Air travel set to soar to pre-pandemic levels in 2023: UN aviation agency
- UN News
Air passenger demand in 2023 will rapidly recover to pre-pandemic levels on most routes, the UN aviation agency said on Wednesday.
UN ‘blueprint’ to protect least developed nations amid global slowdown
- UN News
The Doha action plan adopted last year, offers a “blueprint” to lift the world’s least developed nations out of poverty amid the ongoing global financial downturn, the UN General Assembly President said on Wednesday.
Australia Leads Against Large Multinational Corporations Tax Dodging
- Inter Press Service
MELBOURNE and SYDNEY, Feb 06 (IPS) - Australia is set to become the first country or jurisdiction to require large multinational corporations (MNCs), with a global consolidated income of at least AU$1 billion, to publicly report country-by-country (CbC) tax information. The new Labor Government announced on 25 October, 2022 in its budget paper that MNC’s public CbC tax reporting will begin from 1 July, 2023. Australia’s public CbC reporting rules will apply to all companies headquartered in Australia and companies headquartered elsewhere with sufficient nexus in the country.
‘Put people first’ in drive to realize Sustainable Development Goals
- UN News
Addressing the opening of the Commission for Social Development’s latest session, the president of the UN Economic and Social Council on Monday said it was imperative to put people first, if the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to be realized by the 2030 deadline.
Peru's Democracy at a Crossroads
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb 02 (IPS) - On 25 January, roughly six weeks after being sworn in following her predecessor’s removal, Peruvian president Dina Boluarte finally recognised that elections were the only way out of political crisis. Elections were rescheduled for April 2024, much earlier than the end of the presidential term she’s been tasked with completing, but not soon enough for thousands who’ve taken to the streets demanding her immediate resignation.
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