News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1062
More Fighter Jets in Nicaragua, Second-Poorest Country in the Americas
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, Mar 14 (IPS) - Nicaragua, the second-poorest country in the Americas, is tapping into its depleted coffers to upgrade its ageing military fleet with costly new equipment from Russia – a move that has sparked controversy at home and concern among the country's Central American neighbours.
Meet the 10 Women Who Will Stop at Nothing
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 13 (IPS) - On Apr. 6, 2013, Nadia Sharmeen, a crime reporter, was assigned to cover a rally organised by Hefazat-e-Islam, an association of fundamentalist Islamic groups in Bangladesh whose demands included a call to revoke the proposed National Women Development Policy.
Sendai Conference to Move From Managing Disasters to Risk Prevention
- Inter Press Service
SENDAI, Japan, Mar 13 (IPS) - As the world inched towards a crucial United Nations Conference in Sendai, Japan, Margareta Wahlström, head of the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), assured that there was "general agreement" on the need to "move from managing disasters to managing disaster risk".
Opinion: A Radical Approach to Global Citizenship Education
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Mar 13 (IPS) - Although global citizenship education has now received the recognition it deserves, much of the literature recycles old agendas under another name - 'education to promote peace and justice', 'sustainability', 'care for the environment', 'multi-faith' and 'multi-cultural understanding' - and so forth.
Feeding a Warmer, Riskier World
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 13 (IPS) - Artificial meat. Indoor aquaculture. Vertical farms. Irrigation drones. Once the realm of science fiction, these things are now fact. Food production is going high tech – at least, in some places.
Opinion: The ‘Acapulco Paradox’ – Two Parallel Worlds Each Going Their Own Way
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 12 (IPS) - The world is clearly splitting into two parallel worlds, with each going their own way, in what we could call the ‘Acapulco paradox'.
Women Walk to End War in the Korean Peninsula
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 (IPS) - A group of international women peacemakers announced on Wednesday at the United Nations their intention to walk across the two mile De-Militarized Zone (DMZ), in a call for peace and reunification of Korea.
U.S. Honours 10 “Extraordinary Women” for Courage and Leadership
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - Speaking at a ceremony to honour 10 "extraordinary women" from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America for their exceptional courage and leadership in advocating peace, justice, human rights and gender empowerment, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom cited the former president of Malawi Dr. Joyce Banda, recognised at the United Nations as a relentless advocate for women's rights.
Humanitarian Aid Under Fire Calls for New Strategies
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Mar 11 (IPS) - In the face of the growing number of crises taking place at the same time worldwide, humanitarian aid organisations – many of which have already reached their financial and logistic limits – are in desperate need of global coordination.
Eighty-Three Percent of Lights Have Gone Out in Syria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - A single image can be more powerful, more descriptive and more potent than an entire essay – ‘ a picture says a thousand words,' as the cliché goes.
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