News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1064
Uruguay’s Decision Could Come Too Late for Gitmo Detainees
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 13 (IPS) - Uruguayan President José Mujica bought time for his plan to host six prisoners of Guantánamo, handing over the decision to the winner of the incoming elections. But time is a scarce resource for the inmates of this United States military prison on Cuban soil.
Cycle of Death, Destruction and Rebuilding Continues in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (IPS) - When the international pledging conference to rebuild a devastated Gaza ended in Cairo over the weekend - the third such conference in less than six years - the lingering question among donors was: is this the last of it or are there more assaults to come?
OPINION: The Disturbing Expansion of the Military-Industrial Complex
- Inter Press Service
BELFAST, Oct 13 (IPS) - How can we explain that in the 2lst century we are still training millions of men and women in our armed forces and sending them to war?
Curbing the Illegal Wildlife Trade Crucial to Preserving Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 13 (IPS) - For over five years, 33-year-old Maheshwar Basumatary, a member of the indigenous Bodo community, made a living by killing wild animals in the protected forests of the Manas National Park, a tiger reserve, elephant sanctuary and UNESCO World Heritage Site that lies on the India-Bhutan border.
Judaisation Means Housing Crisis for Palestinians in East Jerusalem
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 12 (IPS) - A deliberate Israeli policy to Judaise East Jerusalem has forced thousands of Palestinians out of their homes and created a chronic housing shortage in the occupied part of the city.
ANALYSIS: Europe’s Migrant Graveyard
- Inter Press Service
MATLOCK, United Kingdom, Oct 10 (IPS) - Since the end of the Cold War, the Mediterranean has become the most lethal of Europe's barriers against irregular migration, having claimed nearly 20,000 migrant lives in the last two decades.
Marine Litter: Plunging Deep, Spreading Wide
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Oct 10 (IPS) - Imagine a black-footed albatross feeding its chick plastic pellets, a baby seal in the North Pole helplessly struggling with an open-ended plastic bag wrapped tight around its neck, or a fishing vessel stranded mid-sea, a length of discarded nylon net entangled in its propeller. Multiply these scenarios a thousand-fold, and you get a glimpse of the state of the world's oceans.
World Bank Pushes Private Sector for Major Investments in Infrastructure
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 09 (IPS) - The World Bank has initiated a major call to action for private sector investors around infrastructure projects in developing countries.
2015 a Make-or-Break Year for Nuclear Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 09 (IPS) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last month singled out what he described as "one of the greatest ironies of modern science": while humans are searching for life on other planets, the world's nuclear powers are retaining and modernising their weapons to destroy life on planet earth.
A Billion Tons of Food Wasted Yearly While Millions Still Go Hungry
- Inter Press Service
NAPLES, Italy, Oct 09 (IPS) - In his parody of the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It", the American satirist and singer Weird Al Yankovic has a parent urging his son to eat the food on his plate, warning that "other kids are starving in Japan".
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