Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 509
Carving the Path to “Gold” in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
Here Are the Real Victims of Pakistan’s War on the Taliban
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jul 01 (IPS) - Three days ago, Rameela Bibi was the mother of a month-old baby boy. He died in her arms on Jun. 28, of a chest infection that he contracted when the family fled their home in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, where a full-scale military offensive against the Taliban has forced nearly half a million people to flee.
Looking to Africa’s LDCs to Learn How to Save the Lives of Millions of Mothers and their Babies
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 30 (IPS) - Every year, three million newborn babies and almost 6.6 million children under five die globally, but if the rest of the world looked towards the examples of two of Africa's least-developed countries (LDCs), Rwanda and Ethiopia, they would perhaps be able to save these children.
Tiny Barbuda Grapples with Rising Seas
- Inter Press Service
CODRINGTON, Barbuda, Jun 30 (IPS) - The 1,800 residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda are learning to adapt as climate change proves to be a force to reckon with, disrupting not just the lives of the living but also the resting places of those who died centuries ago.
U.S. Reaction to New Immigrant Influx Could Violate International Law
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 29 (IPS) - Rights advocates and lawmakers are expressing increased concern over the United States' handling of the sudden influx of tens of thousands of undocumented child and female migrants from Central America.
No Limits to Shale Gas Chemicals in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 28 (IPS) - The new legal framework for Mexico's oil industry has not placed controls on the use of harmful chemicals in the extraction of unconventional fossil fuels, and environmentalists and experts fear their consumption will increase in an industry that is opening up to private capital.
After Losing Vote, U.S.-EU Threaten to Undermine Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 28 (IPS) - The United States and the 28-member European Union (EU) have assiduously promoted - and vigourously preached - one of the basic tenets of Western multi-party democracy: majority rules.
Violence Casts Shadow Over ‘Himalayan Viagra’ Harvest in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Jun 27 (IPS) - Intense competition during harvest season for a fungus dubbed ‘Himalayan Viagra' – coveted for its legendary aphrodisiac qualities – has sparked violence in Nepal's remote western mountains, causing concern among security officials here about the safety of more than 100,000 harvesters.
IMF Issues “Revolutionary” Warning on Corporate Tax Avoidance
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 26 (IPS) - The staff at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued an unusually stark warning over the lack of harmonised global tax policies, pointing out that these gaps are allowing for widespread tax gaming by corporations with particularly negative impacts for developing countries.
Adapting to a Dry Season That Never Seems to End
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Jun 26 (IPS) - The Caribbean region's bid to become food secure is in peril as farmers struggle to produce staple crops under harsh drought conditions brought about by climate change.
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