Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 443
Obama Prepares for Showdown with Congress Over Iran Deal
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (IPS) - Two days after the deadline for reaching a deal over Iran's nuclear programme had passed, negotiators looked like they would be going home empty handed. But a surprisingly detailed framework was announced Apr. 2 in Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as in Washington, and in the same breath, U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged the battle he faces on Capitol Hill.
No Rest for the Elderly in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Apr 02 (IPS) - As more and more people in India enter the ‘senior citizen' category, ugly cracks are beginning to appear in a social structure that claims to value the institution of family but in reality expresses disdain for the bonds of blood.
Opinion: Challenging the Power of the One Percent
- Inter Press Service
SAO PAULO, Apr 02 (IPS) - When you are faced with the task of moving an object but find it is too heavy to lift, what is your immediate and most natural response? You ask someone to help you lift it. And it makes all the difference.
U.N.'s Next Stop: Humanitarian Summit to Resolve Exploding Refugee Crisis
- Inter Press Service
KUWAIT CITY, Apr 02 (IPS) - As the world's spreading humanitarian crisis threatens to spill beyond the borders of Syria and Iraq into Libya and Yemen, the United Nations is already setting its sights on the first World Humanitarian Summit scheduled to take place in Istanbul next year.
Millions of Dollars for Climate Financing but Barely One Cent for Women
- Inter Press Service
BALI, Indonesia, Apr 02 (IPS) - The statistics tell the story: in some parts of the world, four times as many women as men die during floods; in some instance women are 14 times more likely to die during natural disasters than men.
Curbing Tobacco Use – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Apr 02 (IPS) - The numbers are in, and there's not much to celebrate: every year, about six million people die as a result of tobacco use, including 600,000 who succumb to the effects of second-hand smoke.
Opinion: Brazil at the Crossroads
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 01 (IPS) - Even moderately well-informed analysts knew that the Brazilian economy was in dire straits as President Dilma Rousseff initiated her second term in office in January.
Pledges for Humanitarian Aid to Syria Fall Short of Target by Billions
- Inter Press Service
KUWAIT CITY, Mar 31 (IPS) - When United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stood before 78 potential donors at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait Tuesday, his appeal for funds had an ominous ring to it: the Syrian people, he remarked, "are victims of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time."
A “Year of Eye-Catching Steps Forward” for Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 31 (IPS) - Driven by solar and wind, world investments in renewable energy reversed a two-year dip last year, brushing aside the challenge from sharply lower oil prices and registering a 17 percent leap over the previous year to stand at 270 billion dollars.
Nicaragua's Future Canal a Threat to the Environment
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, Mar 31 (IPS) - The new interoceanic canal being built in Nicaragua has brought good and bad news for the scientific community: new species and archeological sites have been found and knowledge of the local ecosystems has grown, but the project poses a huge threat to the environment.
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