Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 543
U.S. Moves Towards Approval of Keystone Pipeline
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 01 (IPS) - The U.S. government has taken a significant step towards approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a highly contentious project that has unified environmental groups here in opposition to what they say would be a climate catastrophe.
Asia: The Ghosts of 1914
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (IPS) - On the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, Europe is at peace. There are no major border disputes. The countries form a unified economic bloc instead of a patchwork of jostling alliances.
Rouhani Reaches Out at Davos
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (IPS) - Last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Hassan Rouhani tried to persuade world business leaders to invest in Iran, especially in its hydrocarbon and automobile sectors.
CELAC Summit Targets Inequality
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 30 (IPS) - Heads of state and government at the Second Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) made a joint commitment to reduce poverty, hunger and inequality, and declared their region a "zone of peace".
U.S. Sanctions Closing Doors to Students
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (IPS) - Even as the United States and European Union begin to lift some sanctions on Iran, U.S. law continues to prohibit some businesses that provide non-controversial services, such as online education, from operating in Iran and other countries.
A Tale of Two Worlds
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (IPS) - As violence rips through South Sudan and ongoing conflict plagues the Central African Republic and Syria, developing countries stand at a difficult crossroads – struggling to grow economically and politically, yet fielding deep inequalities within their own borders.
Pacific Nations Need Help Away From Aid
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jan 29 (IPS) - Long-term dependence on development aid in Pacific Island nations, many of which have been independent for 30-40 years, continues to cause concern.
Human Trafficking Survivors Urge U.S. to Take Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (IPS) - Advocacy groups and some legislators are calling on the U.S. government to mandate an increase in corporate supply chain transparency, with the aim of cutting down on the estimated 14,000 to 17,000 people trafficked into the United States each year and the tens of millions enslaved globally.
Caribbean Walks the Talk on Clean Energy Policy
- Inter Press Service
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 28 (IPS) - Despite having an abundance of wind and sunshine, Caribbean countries have found that going green is requiring significant shifts in policy, and most importantly, significant financing.
Moroccan Women Porters – Heroism and Hardship on the Border
- Inter Press Service
MÃLAGA, Spain, Jan 28 (IPS) - Before sunrise, a Moroccan woman waits her turn at the pedestrian border control separating her country from the Spanish city of Melilla. Hours later she crosses over, takes up an 80-kilo bundle of merchandise and carries it back to her country, for a payment of less than six dollars.
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