Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 381
‘We Cannot Keep Jumping from Crisis to Crisis’
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 20 (IPS) - "We cannot keep jumping from crisis to crisis. We have to invest in long-term development that helps people cope with shocks so that they can continue to grow enough food for their communities and not require emergency aid."
Will Canada Recognise Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Developing Countries Too?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (IPS) - While Canada's long-awaited support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples brought hope and celebration last week, it's not yet clear whether the rights of Indigenous people in developing countries harmed by Canadian mining companies will also be included.
Now 1 in 2 World’s Refugees Live in Urban Area
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 19 (IPS) - It is true that millions of refugees, especially in Africa and the Middle East, reside in camps. But in all they represent only one-quarter of the total number of refugees.
Kenya's Young Inventors Shake Up Old Technology
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 18 (IPS) - Emma Masibo and Lucy Bwire have many things in common.
Rousseff Is (kind of) Gone. What Now?
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 17 (IPS) - As expected and widely predicted- Brazil's Federal Senate has begun the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff. According to Brazilian Law, the president is likely to be suspended for up to six months while arguments are put forth in the Senate, presided over by the Chief Justice. At the end of the proceedings, the president may be acquitted of all charges and returned to power or if convicted and found guilty, be deposed and banned from political activity for eight years.
'Human Suffering Has Reached Staggering Levels’
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 17 (IPS) - "Human suffering from the impacts of armed conflicts and disasters has reached staggering levels."
Is Demise of Small Farmers Imminent?
- Inter Press Service
PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON, May 17 (IPS) - Imminent demise of small farmers is predicted as they are not competitive in a context of transforming agrifood markets. Most important is the transformation of the "post–farm gate" segments of the supply chains.
OPINION: Fear Is not a Good Counsellor
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 16 (IPS) - A new spectre is haunting the world. It is not the spectre of communism, as Marx's Manifesto famously proclaimed. It is the spectre of fear, which has increasingly become the rationale behind politics. And, as the old proverb says, fear is not a good counselor.
The Real Heresy of London’s New Mayor Is that He Is a Liverpool Fan?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 16 (IPS) - Sadiq Khan is not just the new mayor of London, but happens to have individually won more votes than any other politician in British history.
Prime ministers and members of Parliament run in their home districts, where the total number of ballots are fewer.
Middle East - The Mother of All Humanitarian Crises
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 16 (IPS) - When, in March 2015, delegates from the Middle East met in Amman for their regional consultations round in preparation for the May 23-24 World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, most likely what they had in mind is the fact that their region was --and still is-- the dramatic set of "the mother of all humanitarian crises."
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