News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 150
Weathering a 'Perfect Storm' of Cascading Crises
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 27 (IPS) - Climate change, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine – these crises threaten to derail development for 1.7 billion of the world’s most vulnerable people. The international community must take swift, coordinated action now to put the SDGs back on track.
African nations leading the way on ‘food systems transformation’: Guterres
- UN News
African countries are at the vanguard of a vital transformation of food systems to simultaneously address food security, nutrition, social and environmental protection – all while boosting resilience – said the UN chief on Thursday.
Africa provides a ‘home for hope’, despite new challenges: Guterres
- UN News
On Africa Day, the world celebrates the diverse and dynamic continent’s “enormous promise and potential”, the UN chief said in an upbeat message to mark the day on Wednesday.
Employee-run Companies, Part of the Landscape of an Argentina in Crisis
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, May 24 (IPS) - "All we ever wanted was to keep working. And although we have not gotten to where we would like to be, we know that we can," says Edith Pereira, a short energetic woman, as she walks through the corridors of Farmacoop, in the south of the Argentine capital. She proudly says it is "the first pharmaceutical laboratory in the world recovered by its workers."
Fighting Inflation Excuse for Class Warfare
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 (IPS) - A class war is being waged in the name of fighting inflation. All too many central bankers are raising interest rates at the expense of working people’s families, supposedly to check price increases.
Cuban Farmers Fight Land Degradation with Sustainable Management
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, May 23 (IPS) - Thorny bushes and barren soil made it look like a bad bet, but Cuban farmer José Antonio Sosa ignored other people’s objections about the land and gave life to what is now the thriving La Villa farm on the outskirts of Havana.
‘We Have to Make Peace with Nature’: UN Deputy Chief meets inspiring young climate leaders in Indonesia
- UN News
A portable solar generator in a black case, and an eggplant grown in organic soil, were among the diverse items that a group of young climate leaders in Jakarta shared with the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed this weekend, embodying their own personal inspiration, and efforts to advance the fight against climate change.
Middle East and North Africa: addressing highest rates of youth unemployment in the world
- UN News
More than 33 million new jobs need to be created by 2030 in the Middle East and North Africa region by 2030, if the world’s largest unemployment hot spot is to be substantially improved, four United Nations agencies said on Monday.
Global jobs market recovery ‘has gone into reverse’, warns UN labour agency
- UN News
The recovery of the global jobs market is going into reverse, the UN labour agency, ILO, said on Monday, blaming COVID-19 and “other multiple crises” that have increased inequalities within and between countries.
A Sliver of Hope for Lebanon?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, May 23 (IPS) - In the midst of what has been an incredibly turbulent period for Lebanon, the conclusion of elections last week ought to be hailed as a chance to focus on the future. This, the first election since the mass uprisings in 2019 against what was seen as a corrupt ruling elite, has shown some signs of the drive for change.
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