News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 482

  1. Writing the Final Chapter on AIDS

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Oct 17 (IPS) - Although AIDS has defied science by killing millions of people throughout Africa in the last three decades, HIV experts now believe that they have found the magic numbers to end AIDS as a public health threat in 15 years.

  2. Pressure Building on Obama to Impose Ebola Travel Ban

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (IPS) - President Barack Obama is under significant pressure to impose a range of restrictions on travellers coming to the United States from West African countries affected by the current Ebola outbreak.

  3. Bamboo Could Be a Savior for Climate Change, Biodiversity

    - Inter Press Service

    PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 16 (IPS) - Bamboo Avenue is a two-and-a-half mile stretch of road in Jamaica's St. Elizabeth parish. It is lined with giant bamboo plants which tower above the road and cross in the middle to form a shady tunnel. The avenue was established in the 17th century by the owners of the Holland Estate to provide shade for travelers and to protect the road from erosion.

  4. Vanishing Species: Local Communities Count their Losses

    - Inter Press Service

    PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 16 (IPS) - The Mountain Chicken isn't a fowl, as its name suggests, but a frog. Kimisha Thomas, hailing from the Caribbean island nation of Dominica, remembers a time when she could find these amphibians or ‘crapaud' as locals call them "just in the backyard".

  5. Kyrgyzstan Looks to Alternative Fuels Ahead of Looming Winter Shortages

    - Inter Press Service

    BISHKEK, Oct 16 (IPS) - Each winter in Kyrgyzstan the energy situation seems to worsen; blackouts last longer, and officials seem less able to do anything to improve conditions. This year is expected to be particularly difficult.

  6. Ethiopia Shows Developing World How to Make a Green Economy Prosper

    - Inter Press Service

    ADDIS ABABA, Oct 16 (IPS) - Ethiopia has experienced its fair share of environmental damage and degradation but nowadays it is increasingly setting an example on how to combat climate change while also achieving economic growth. 

  7. Africa Can Be its Own ‘Switzerland'

    - Inter Press Service

    MARRAKECH, Oct 16 (IPS) - Africa has the capacity to access at least 200 billion dollars for sustainable development investment but it will remain a slave to foreign aid unless it improves the climate for investment and trade and plugs illicit financial flows, development experts say.

  8. Civil Society in Cuba Finds More Space Under the Reforms

    - Inter Press Service

    CÁRDENAS, Cuba, Oct 16 (IPS) - Cafés, real estate agencies, taxis and other small privately-owned businesses and cooperatives in Cuba have brought new life to the depressed local economy and have given rise to pockets of prosperity in the country's towns and cities.

  9. Despite Public’s War Weariness, U.S. Defence Budget May Rise

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (IPS) - Despite the public's persistent war weariness, the U.S. defence budget – the world's biggest by far – may be set to rise again, according to a new study released here this week by the Center for International Policy (CIP).

  10. High-Tech, High Yields: Caribbean Farmers Reap Benefits of ICT

    - Inter Press Service

    PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 15 (IPS) - Farmers in the Caribbean are being encouraged to make more use of farm apps and other forms of ICT in an effort to increase the knowledge available for making sound, profitable farming decisions.

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