News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1091
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".
Acid Oceans Could Deal Heavy Blow to Fishing-Dependant Nations
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 09 (IPS) - Scientists here are warning Caribbean countries, where the fisheries sector is an important source of livelihoods and sustenance, that they should pay close attention to a new international report released Wednesday on ocean acidification.
Most Nations Reducing Worst Forms of Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 08 (IPS) - Most of the world's governments are taking measures to reduce the worst and most hazardous forms of child labour, according to a major report released here Tuesday by the U.S. Labour Department.
Synthetic Biology Could Open a Whole New Can of Worms
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 07 (IPS) - Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is the world's leading producer of vetiver. In the southwest of the country, vetiver production is hard to ignore.
Brazil’s Two-Party System Leaves Amazon Activist Behind
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 07 (IPS) - The dream of electing Brazil's first black president, an environmental activist from the Amazon jungle, lasted only 40 days and was frustrated in Sunday's elections. In the end, it is the two parties that have dominated Brazilian politics for the last 20 years that will face off in the second round of voting on Oct. 26.
Financing for Biodiversity: A Simple Matter of Keeping Promises
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 07 (IPS) - With governments, activists and scientists tearing their hair out over the world's impending crisis in biodiversity, the outgoing president of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) delivered a simple message to participants at the 12th Conference of the Parties to the CBD (COP12) currently underway in the Republic of Korea's northern Pyeongchang county: honour the promises you made last year.
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