Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 521
Kremlin’s International Policies Could Mean Russian Brain Drain
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, May 13 (IPS) - As Russia faces harsh sanctions and growing international isolation over its annexation of Crimea and support of separatists in eastern Ukraine, economists and sociologists are warning that the Kremlin's international policies may fuel a potentially devastating brain drain.
Trade Misinvoicing Costs African Countries Billions
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 12 (IPS) - Misinvoiced trade in five African countries cost their governments billions of dollars in tax revenue and facilitated at least 60.8 billion dollars in illicit financial flows from 2002 to 2011, says a new report by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a research advocacy organisation here.
Tough Road in Vienna to Iran Nuclear Deal
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 12 (IPS) - Iran and world powers will resume negotiating a final deal on Tehran's nuclear programme Tuesday in Vienna while experts warn the hardest work is about to begin.
In Syria, Life Goes On Despite Everything
- Inter Press Service
DAMASCUS, May 12 (IPS) - On a weekday afternoon, the Old City of Damascus heaves with people, cars, motorcycles, bikes. Markets are crowded with locals bartering with merchants for the heaps of spices, flowery perfumes, clothing, and most things one needs, abundant in the Hamidiyah market.
Zimbabwe’s Emerging Tobacco Queens
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, May 11 (IPS) - Madeline Murambwi sits behind the wheel of her brand new Toyota Land Cruiser, threading her way through the traffic in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. She's on her way back from the tobacco auction floors where she just pocketed thousands of dollars.
Migration as a Network for Development
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 10 (IPS) - On the eve of a major international conference on migration in Stockholm, a major think tank here is calling on the delegates from more than 150 countries to recognise the importance of migration in forging development policies.
Ivorians Learn to Save Chimpanzees and Last Intact Tropical Rainforest in West Africa by Exploiting it — for Tourism
- Inter Press Service
TAI NATIONAL PARK, Côte d’Ivoire, May 09 (IPS) - Jonas Sanhin Touan has big dreams. As he sits under a canopy, he greets the rare tourist to Gouleako, one of the many villages near the entrance of Côte d'Ivoire's Taï National Park, with a meal.
Industrial Agriculture: Too Big to Succeed
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, May 08 (IPS) - An estimated one billion small farmers scratching out a living growing diverse crops and raising animals in developing countries represent the key to maintaining food production in the face of hotter temperatures and drought, especially in the tropical regions, says Sarah Elton, author of the book, "Consumed: Food for a Finite Planet."
Springtime Conflict Spells Winter Crisis for Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 08 (IPS) - It's springtime in Ukraine, but conflict and economic threats are bringing an early chill. During these months when the country normally stores up energy reserves for winter, access to natural gas may be Russia's best weapon to influence Ukraine's new government.
The 4th Century Art that Died Out Across the World and the Ethiopian Scribes Trying to Preserve it
- Inter Press Service
DEBRE LIBANOS, Ethiopia, May 08 (IPS) - Misganew Andeurgay changes his bamboo-made pen for another, dips it in a tiny pot of viscous liquid and, on a parchment page filled with black script, begins to trace in scarlet-red ink the Amharic word for god.
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