News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1059
Opinion: What if Youth Now Fight for Social Change, But From the Right?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 21 (IPS) - The "surprise" re-election of incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Mar. 17 elections has been met with a flood of media comment on the implications for the region and the rest of the world.
Lip-Service But Little Action on U.N. Business and Human Rights Principles in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 21 (IPS) - "I would tell institutions and companies that are aware of the enormous damage they do to the soil, plants and the environment, to respect the decisions of the people. They are attacking life and health," complained Taurino Rincón, an indigenous Mexican.
Opinion: ‘We Owe It to More Than Half of the Global Population to Do a Better Job’
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Mar 21 (IPS) - Undoubtedly, we are at a crucial time in the advancement of gender equality.
Palestinian Women Victims on Many Fronts
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Mar 21 (IPS) - Israel's siege of Gaza, aided and abetted by the Egyptians in the south, has aggravated the plight of Gazan women, and the Jewish state's devastating military assault on the coastal territory over July and August 2014 exacerbated the situation.
Development and Taxes, a Vital Piece of the Post-2015 Puzzle
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 (IPS) - Public funds are vitally important to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), making corporate tax avoidance trends a pressing issue for post-2015 Financing for Development discussions.
‘Water Man of India’ Wins Stockholm Water Prize
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 (IPS) - A conservationist known as ‘The Water Man of India' has been named Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for 2015.
Opinion: Sustainable Development Goals Could Be a Game-Changer for Water
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 20 (IPS) - Suppose money was being deposited and withdrawn from your bank account, but you didn't know how much. And suppose you knew you had bills coming due, but you didn't know when or what amount would be required to cover them.
Opinion: The Exceptional Destiny of Foreign Policy
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 19 (IPS) - For a long time, citizens of the United States have firmly believed that their country has an exceptional destiny, and continue to do so today even though their political system has become totally dysfunctional.
UNDP Unveils Blueprint for Swift, Unified Crisis Response
- Inter Press Service
SENDAI, Japan, Mar 19 (IPS) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced a new 10-year global plan to support country efforts to reduce the risk of disasters that kill people and destroy livelihoods at the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction from Mar. 14 to 18.
World’s Richest One Percent Undermine Fight Against Economic Inequalities
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) - The growing economic inequalities between rich and poor – and the lopsided concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the world's one percent - are undermining international efforts to fight global poverty, environmental degradation and social injustice, according to a civil society alliance.
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