News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 209
A Grey Cloud Over Lebanon: Mental Health Burdens
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb 01 (IPS) - Humankind is no stranger to the destabilizing events of 2020. The state of the global economy and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic hit the headlines. In this ever escalating global crisis, Lebanon, has been facing what can only be described as unimaginable hardships. For the past year the country has seen challenges which have resulted in an utter state of hopelessness and rapid deterioration in mental health of many of its citizens.
Elections in Africa go on Amid COVID-19
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (IPS) - Franck Kuwonu, Africa Renewal Central African Republic and in Niger held their presidential and parliamentary elections on 27 December 2020 to round up a challenging year where despite fears of disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries in Africa managed to stick to their scheduled elections.
Saving Journalism: A Vision for the Post-Covid World
- Inter Press Service
Jan 27 (IPS) - In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists everywhere are feeling the consequences; job cuts, layoffs and closures have swept the world.
An American Horror story
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jan 27 (IPS) - Occasionally some of us might suffer from a feeling of maximal overload, overwhelmed by COVID-19 and the reign of Donald Trump. It can maybe be conceived as far too euro-centric to be concerned about the disastrous situation in the U.S., with media stuffed to the brim by news about Donald Trump while the global environmental crisis is steadily getting worse and war, injustices and famine continue to agonize people in places like Darfur, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Syria.
COVID-19s Social & Economic Fallout Hits Women Harder
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 27 (IPS) - With over 90 million confirmed cases and 1.9 million deaths globally, and a second wave sweeping into 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hold the world hostage.
Global Economic Recovery Remains Precarious in post-COVID-19 Years
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26 (IPS) - The United Nations has warned that the devastating socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt for years to come unless smart investments in economic, societal and climate resilience ensure a robust and sustainable recovery of the global economy.
International Partnership Helps Mongolia Counter Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India, Jan 26 (IPS) - Climate warming is believed to have taken place at some of the fastest rates in the world in Mongolia, raising the country's average temperatures by 2.24°C between 1940 and 2015, with the last decade being the warmest of the past 76 years.
Poor Lives Matter, but Less
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 26 (IPS) - Current development fads fetishize data, ostensibly for ‘evidence-based policy-making’: if not measured, it will not matter. So, forget about getting financial resources for your work, programmes and projects, no matter how beneficial, significant or desperately needed.
Feminist Movements Continue to Battle Culture of Impunity in Egypt
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jan 25 (IPS) - Ten years ago on this day, January 25, one of the biggest revolutions in the world took place in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, as protestors poured into the streets chanting slogans of “Bread, Freedom and Social Justice”, demanding one of the region's longest-serving and autocratic President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Three weeks later, on February 11th, Mubarak stepped down as president, leaving the Egyptian military in control of the country.
Closing the Gap between Developed and Developing Countries: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM/ROME, Jan 25 (IPS) - Developing countries as a group have been growing faster than developed countries for several decades. As a result the ratio between average incomes between the two sets of countries – albeit still very large - has been shrinking. This is good news. The other piece of good news is that over this period the number of people living in extreme poverty has also been dropping – from 1.9 billion in 1990 to about 650 million in recent years. China has recently declared an end to extreme poverty.
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