Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1090
Interfaith Leaders Jointly Call to Abolish Nuclear Arms
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (IPS) - On the eve of next week's meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), more than 100 representatives of 11 faith groups from around the world have pledged to step up their efforts to seek the global abolition of nuclear weapons.
Brazil Assumes Leadership in Future of Internet Governance
- Inter Press Service
SÃO PAULO, Apr 25 (IPS) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed into law an Internet bill of rights just before her opening speech at an international conference on Internet reform in the southern city of São Paulo Wednesday.
OP-ED: As EU Reconsiders Russian LNG, Qatar Waits in Wings
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (IPS) - Throughout the Ukraine crisis, European Union (EU) leaders have become more vocal about their interest in reducing Europe's consumption of Russian natural gas. As a result, Qatar — the world's number-one provider of liquefied natural gas (LNG) — is well positioned to play a more influential role in Europe's energy landscape.
U.S. Public Feeling More Multilateral Than Isolationist
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (IPS) - Amidst a roiling and mostly partisan debate over Washington's global role, a survey released here Thursday suggests that President Barack Obama's preference for relative restraint and multilateral - over unilateral - action very much reflects the mood of the voting public.
Post-Rana Plaza, Global Investors Pushing for Systemic Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (IPS) - A coalition of 134 institutional investors are calling for global corporations to institute new transparency policies throughout their supply chains and to step up assistance to survivors and families still suffering a year after a major fire led to the collapse of a garments factory in Bangladesh, despite repeated warnings from workers.
Violence in South Sudan at a Savage Turning Point
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 24 (IPS) - After a week that saw a massacre inside a U.N. base and wide-scale ethnic-based slaughter in an oil-producing region, the international community is grappling with what, if any, options remain to save lives in South Sudan.
U.S. Apache Delivery Highlights Mixed Messaging on Egypt
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (IPS) - Last October, the Barack Obama administration suspended the delivery of attack helicopters to Egypt's interim government following the Jul. 2 military ouster of Egypt's democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi.
Bringing the Bridges Home
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Apr 23 (IPS) - As foreign forces withdraw slowly from Afghanistan, they leave behind a vulnerable band of people who were their ears and guides on the ground. These people who served as interpreters, face a life of threats and uncertainties. Many have been killed.
U.S.-Russia Sabre Rattling May Undermine Nuke Meeting
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (IPS) - The growing tension between the United States and Russia over Ukraine has threatened to unravel one of the primary peace initiatives of the United Nations: nuclear disarmament.
U.S. Urged to Tackle Lead in Aviation Gasoline
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 22 (IPS) - Consumer advocates, public health workers and environmental groups here are calling on the federal government to take a formal step towards regulating the use of lead in aviation gasoline, despite a failure to do so for nearly two decades.
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