Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 564
Jordan's Farmers Struggle to Weather Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Jordan, Nov 05 (IPS) - Abu Waleed isn't quite sure where to begin his litany of grievances. Bugs that chomp their way through the mint he grows, or the dry well that forces him to pump water from a half kilometre away? Or perhaps the 160 dinars he spent on spinach seeds only to see scant growth after planting.
Women Find a Green Midas Touch
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Nov 05 (IPS) - On a hot and humid day in northwestern Bangladesh, Anisa Begum sits with a group of 25 homemakers, explaining how to use natural fertilisers to increase grain yield.
Nuclear Called a Lesser Evil than Fossil Fuels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 04 (IPS) - Four prominent climate and energy scientists are calling on environmentalists to rethink their longstanding opposition to nuclear energy, warning that there is no "credible path to climate stabilization that does not include a substantial role for nuclear power".
DRC Conflict Hinders East African Integration
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, DR Congo, Nov 04 (IPS) - As the majority of East African Community countries signed an agreement paving the way for a single tourist visa in the region from 2014, some believe that Tanzania's hesitance to agree to this integration is largely due to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For Kurdish Women, It’s a Double Revolution
- Inter Press Service
QAMISHLI, Syria, Nov 04 (IPS) - "I got married when I was 14 and I already had four children at 20," recalls Nafia Brahim. In her fifties now, she is working hard so that no other woman loses control of her life.
Corporations Rewriting U.S. Labour Laws
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 01 (IPS) - U.S. state legislators and corporate lobbies have engaged in an unprecedented attack on minimum wages that has lowered U.S. labour standards, according to new research released Thursday.
Zimbabweans Left Worse Off by Local Mining Companies
- Inter Press Service
MUTOKO, Zimbabwe, Nov 01 (IPS) - Ranganai Zimbeva, from the rural village of Mutoko, which lies about 200 km northeast of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, plugs his ears with his fingers and shakes his head as he watches miners close to his village blast the hard rock to extract the black granite within.
South of the Border, Mining Is King
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 01 (IPS) - Civil society groups from throughout Latin America are urging "home countries" to take greater responsibility for the actions of their companies abroad, particularly those in the extractives industry.
Energy Integration Runs into Short Circuits
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Oct 31 (IPS) - Energy integration efforts in Latin America have been made in fits and starts, even though many clearly understand that the only way to solve the region's energy shortages and high costs is by working together.
Critics Question Impact of ‘Pay for Success’ Bonds
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 30 (IPS) - Standing in contrast to government social protection programmes implemented over the past decade by progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new initiative appeals to private investment and uses non-profit service providers.
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