Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 512
U.S. Supreme Court “Validates” Vulture Fund Activities
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 17 (IPS) - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject an appeal by the Argentine government will embolden aggressive "holdout" creditors, anti-poverty groups say, and make it far more difficult to arrive at debt-relief agreements for poor countries.
Pacific Disability Theatre Group Inspires and Educates
- Inter Press Service
PORT VILA, Jun 16 (IPS) - In the Pacific Island state of Vanuatu, 23 actors with disabilities, from youth to senior citizens, who have battled physical and social barriers all their lives, are now empowering themselves and others through socially engaged theatre.
Natural Gas - Both Crisis and Solution in Chile
- Inter Press Service
MEJILLONES, Chile, Jun 16 (IPS) - In April 2004, Argentina began to steadily cut natural gas exports to neighbouring Chile, triggering a major energy crisis and revealing structural problems in this vital sector.
From Religious Conflict to an Interfaith Community
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 (IPS) - Holy men and their holy books have etched a trail of tears and blood in the annals of human history. From the depths of peaceful temples, mobs have been dispatched with flaming torches; from steeples and minarets messages of hatred have floated down upon pious heads bent in prayer. For too long religion has incited violence and fueled conflict.
Germany’s New Energy Revolution Still Moving Ahead
- Inter Press Service
HELSINKI, Jun 16 (IPS) - Germany has now become the world's first modern renewable energy economy, according to the experts. The Federal Republic of Germany already obtains 29 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, meaning photovoltaic, hydro and wind power, and power produced by burning wood or other biomass.
Disaster-Prone Caribbean Looks to Better Financing
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Jun 15 (IPS) - A freak storm, followed by heavy floods in December 2013, will go down in history as the most destructive natural disaster to have hit the Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with reported total damages and losses of at least 103 million dollars.
Obama’s Free Trade Strategy Falters in Asia
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Jun 14 (IPS) - Amid simmering territorial conflicts across the Western Pacific, specifically between China and its neighbours in the South and East China Seas, coupled with China rising to the rank of top trading partner with Japan, South Korea, Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Obama administration has been hard-pressed to re-assert its strategic footprint in the region.
FIFA World Cup – Where the Spectacle Is the Champion
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 14 (IPS) - The seven-year-old got bored after running here and there for five minutes, amidst a group of a dozen classmates. He eventually stomped off the field because he hadn't managed to kick the ball even once.
Q&A: “Some Individuals Are Now as Wealthy as Entire Countries”
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jun 13 (IPS) - As it turns 50, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) finds itself engaged in an ongoing struggle to reduce economic and social inequalities in the world.
Op-Ed: Not Only Hunger, but Malnutrition Too
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 13 (IPS) - Continued growth in developing countries, along with poverty-reduction policies, have helped to improve both income and food security globally.
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