Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 341
In Volatile Times, the U.A.E. calls for Tolerance
- Inter Press Service
MIAMI, Jun 08 (IPS) - With terror attacks on the increase worldwide, there are more people today who believe that it has something to do with the religion of Islam.
How Peter Thiel Got His New Zealand Citizenship
- Inter Press Service
WELLINGTON, Jun 08 (IPS) - In January, the revelation that Peter Thiel, the libertarian Silicon Valley venture capitalist and Trump adviser, secretly got a New Zealand citizenship six years ago caused an uproar, mostly because he was the first to get one without pledging to live there.
Solar Tents Improve Nutrition in Highlands Villages in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
PHUYUWASI, Bolivia, Jun 07 (IPS) - In this remote highlands valley community in central Bolivia, a group of Quechua indigenous women have learned how to combat the intense frosts and the shortage of water in solar tents, and to use what they grow to prepare nutritious new meals for their families.
Post-Soviet Russian economic collapse
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 06 (IPS) - Wide-ranging economic reforms following the demise of the Soviet Union at the end of December 1991 mainly resulted in economic collapse in most successor states. By the mid-1990s, output had fallen by about half compared to 1989.
Renewing Commitment to SDGs: Private Sector Gets Active
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) - Just last month business representatives from around the world joined the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund commemorate their work as part of the Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG).
Saving the Oceans, Saving the Future: Officials Tackle Marine Pollution
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) - The oceans' health is only getting worse and the cycle of decline must be reversed, said representatives at the opening of a high-level UN conference.
Women Small-Holder Farmers, Key Drivers for Sustainable Production
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jun 05 (IPS) - The shouts can be heard from a distance as one approaches Domboshawa, 30 kilometres northeast of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare.
Charting a Course to a Blue Commonwealth
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 05 (IPS) - The United Nations Ocean Conference offers an historic opportunity to safeguard the ocean environment and support small island and vulnerable developing coastal states, who depend on the seas for national economic growth and sustainable development.
Global South Calls for International Body to Fight Tax Havens
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) - Tax havens are "one of the worst enemies of our democracies," said state representatives during a meeting at the United Nations.
New Research to Unearth UAE’s Renewable Energy Potential
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, UAE, Jun 02 (IPS) - A report by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) states that supplying the world with 95 per cent renewable sources by 2050 will not only reduce 80 per cent of GHG emissions from the energy sector but also save four trillion euros annually.
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