Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 557
Green-Friendly Enterprise Helps Save Biggest Caribbean Wetlands
- Inter Press Service
CIÉNAGA DE ZAPATA, Cuba, Nov 28 (IPS) - The 18 communities in Cuba's Ciénaga de Zapata, the largest wetlands in the Caribbean, have long survived on the abundant local hunting and fishing and by producing charcoal. But that is no longer possible, due to climate change.
GM Crop Could Migrate Dangerously
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Nov 28 (IPS) - Food security activists who secured a moratorium on introducing genetically modified brinjal (aubergine) into India fear that their efforts are being undermined by the release of GM brinjal in neighbouring Bangladesh.
‘Business Is Business, Moses Is Moses’
- Inter Press Service
HAIFA, Northern Israel, Nov 27 (IPS) - As civil war paralyses Syria's transit routes and political flux in Egypt may affect security at the Suez Canal, Israel is busy repositioning itself as a transhipment hub and trade gateway to the Middle East.
U.S. Officials Hint at Reservations on Final Nuclear Deal
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (IPS) - The "first step" agreement between Iran and the United States that was sealed in Geneva over the weekend is supposed to lead to the negotiation of a "comprehensive settlement" of the nuclear issue over the next six months, though the latter has gotten little attention.
Iran Deal Gains Traction Despite Netanyahu and Republican Dissent
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (IPS) - Despite strenuous objections by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and mostly Republican lawmakers here, the new accord between the Iran and the U.S. and five other major powers on Tehran's nuclear programme appears to be gaining support here and abroad.
U.S. Unveils Military Strategy for Arctic
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (IPS) - The United States is calling for greater cooperation in the Arctic, even as it warns that it will defend its sovereignty in the face of strengthening international interest in newly opening shipping lanes and natural resource extraction opportunities as the region's ice disappears.
OP-ED: Devil in the Details, Angel in the Big Picture
- Inter Press Service
, Nov 25 (IPS) - The devil is in the details. This cliché is already being invoked regarding the deal concluded this past weekend between Iran and the so-called P5+1 – the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany, along with the European Union's High Representative, Baroness Catherine Ashton.
Today's Forecast Is for Climate-Proof Farming
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 25 (IPS) - Even as weather extremes bedevil Caribbean farmers, Ramgopaul Roop has turned his three-acre fruit farm into a showcase for how to beat climate change.
Jobless Growth, the 21st Century Condition
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 (IPS) - The world's poorest countries are rethinking economic policies that - even during periods of breakneck growth - have failed to provide quality employment capable of matching a demographic boom.
Philippines Warms Up to China
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Nov 25 (IPS) - After months of rising tensions over disputed territories in the South China Sea, there are growing signs that the Philippine government is seeking to revive strained relations with Beijing. And no less than the Philippine President Benigno Aquino is spearheading the ongoing efforts to diplomatically resolve territorial disputes and prevent a disastrous conflict in the region.
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