Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1096
Afghans Set to Vote Along Ethnic Lines
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Apr 02 (IPS) - Ethnicities will be to the fore in the Afghan elections due Saturday this week, even though some promise appears that the young are beginning to break away from such loyalties.
World Bank to Double Lending to Middle-Income Countries
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 01 (IPS) - The World Bank is aiming to double its lending to middle-income countries over the coming decade, in addition to expanding its overall commitments to some 70 billion dollars a year.
Donors Repeatedly Postpone Major Aid Effectiveness Report
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 01 (IPS) - Major foreign assistance donors have once again delayed the release of a report meant to measure transparency, accountability and cooperation of aid effectiveness.
Russia Expelled From G8, but G20? Not So Fast
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 01 (IPS) - When Western powers, led by the United States, decided to throw Russia out of the Group of 8 (G8) industrial nations, it was aimed at punishing and "isolating" President Vladimir Putin for his intervention in Ukraine and "annexation" of Crimea.
With U.S. Taking Off, Kyrgyzstan Mulls Selling Airports to Russia
- Inter Press Service
, Apr 01 (IPS) - Russia's state-run oil giant Rosneft wants to purchase a majority stake in the state-controlled company that owns all of Kyrgyzstan's civilian airports.
Ukraine-Crimea - The Solution Is a Federation with High Autonomy
- Inter Press Service
ALFAZ, Spain, Apr 01 (IPS) - History, not only law, matters: like how Crimea and Abkhazia-South Ossetia - basically Russian-Orthodox – became Ukrainian and Georgian, respectively.
IPCC Climate Report Warns of “Growing Adaptation Deficit”
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Rejected Israeli Demand for Iran Nuclear Confession
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 31 (IPS) - The Barack Obama administration appears to have rejected a deal-breaking demand by Israel for an Iranian confession to having had a covert nuclear weapons programme as a condition for completing the comprehensive nuclear agreement.
Commonwealth Works to Raise Climate Resiliance on Global Agenda
- Inter Press Service
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Mar 31 (IPS) - As they fine-tune preparations for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Conference in Samoa and the United Nations post-2015 development framework meeting in September, Commonwealth states are focusing on getting the international community to pay more attention to the challenges they face.
The Lady’s Allure Is Challenged
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, Mar 31 (IPS) - For over a quarter of a century Uhla Min has lived under the spell of ‘The Lady', the popular nickname for Nobel Peace Laureate Aung Sung Suu Kyi.
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