News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1082
AIDS Conference Mourns the Dead, Debates Setbacks
- Inter Press Service
MELBOURNE, Jul 25 (IPS) - The 20th International AIDS Conference concluded today as the first in its history that remembered not just the 39 million people worldwide who have died of AIDS but also those who lost their lives in the crashed MH17 flight carrying six of its delegates, one of whom was the past president of the International AIDS Society (IAS).
OPINION: Tackling Human Vulnerabilities, Changing Investment, Policies and Social Norms
- Inter Press Service
Forest Rights Offer Major Opportunity to Counter Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 24 (IPS) - The international community is failing to take advantage of a potent opportunity to counter climate change by strengthening local land tenure rights and laws worldwide, new data suggests.
Israel's U.S.-Made Military Might Overwhelms Palestinians
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 23 (IPS) - The overwhelming Israeli firepower unleashed on the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the ongoing battle in Gaza is perhaps reminiscent of the Algerian war of independence (1954-1962) when France, the colonial power, used its vastly superior military strength to strike back at the insurgents with brutal ferocity.
‘Zero Tolerance’ the Call for Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 23 (IPS) - Heightening their campaign to eradicate violence against women and girls, United Nations agencies and civil groups have called for increased action to end child marriage and female genital mutilation.
Focus on Child Marriage, Genital Mutilation at All-Time High
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) - As Tuesday's major summits here and in London focused global attention on adolescent girls, the United Nations offered new data warning that more than 130 million girls and women have experienced some form of female genital mutilation, while more than 700 million women alive today were forced into marriage as children.
Touaregs Seek Secular and Democratic Multi-Ethnic State
- Inter Press Service
LEKORNE, France, Jul 23 (IPS) - The government of Mali and Touareg rebels representing Azawad, a territory in northern Mali which declared unilateral independence in 2012 after a Touareg rebellion drove out the Malian army, resumed peace talks in Algiers last week, intended to end decades of conflict.
BRICS – The End of Western Dominance of the Global Financial and Economic Order
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jul 23 (IPS) - The sixth BRICS Summit which has just ended in Brazil marks the transition of a grouping based hitherto on shared concerns to one based on shared interests.
U.S., Russia, China Hamper ICC’s Reach
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 22 (IPS) - Despite making important strides in the first dozen years of its existence, the International Criminal Court (ICC) faces a daunting task if it hopes to create a reputation as a truly global institution.
Disasters Poised to Sweep Away Development Gains
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jul 22 (IPS) - Ending extreme poverty and hunger will be impossible on a rapidly overheating planet plagued by punishing droughts, catastrophic floods and ever wilder weather, said climate activists involved in talks to set the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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