Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1110
Human Trafficking Survivors Urge U.S. to Take Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (IPS) - Advocacy groups and some legislators are calling on the U.S. government to mandate an increase in corporate supply chain transparency, with the aim of cutting down on the estimated 14,000 to 17,000 people trafficked into the United States each year and the tens of millions enslaved globally.
Political Duels Collapse Into Sexist Squabbles
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Jan 28 (IPS) - Supaa Prordeengam, a 48-year-old businesswoman, came to take part in the anti-government rallies that have been continuing in the Thai capital for nearly three months now. But disturbed by the sexist speeches emanating from the protest platforms, she said, "We need to be critical, not invade women's rights."
U.S. Tightens Development Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (IPS) - Development activists and rights watchdogs are applauding a surprise strengthening of environmental and human rights policies governing U.S. development funding and overseas financial assistance.
New Writing on a School Wall
- Inter Press Service
KFAR QARA’, Northern Israel, Jan 27 (IPS) - Welcome to Bridge Over the Wadi primary school, one of five bi-national schools under the ‘Hand-in-Hand' initiative of the Centre of Jewish-Arab Education in Israel. The centre strives to bring children from both communities to learn together in Hebrew and Arabic in the hope that they'll bridge the divide between the two peoples.
When the Suicide Pilots Said Goodbye
- Inter Press Service
CHIRAN (Japan), Jan 26 (IPS) - They were known as the Kamikaze who swooped down on enemy ships with their bomb-laden planes – with the pilots inside. A museum here is now planning to register the last letters of Japan's famed World War II suicide bombers as a Unesco Memory of the World document. The museum is calling these records "symbolic" of the country's commitment to peace.
U.S. “Dismantling” Rhetoric Ignores Iran’s Nuclear Proposals
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (IPS) - Iran's pushback against statements by Secretary of State John Kerry and the White House that Tehran must "dismantle" some of its nuclear programme, and the resulting political uproar over it, indicates that tough U.S. rhetoric may be adding new obstacles to the search for a comprehensive nuclear agreement.
OP-ED: The Arab World Has Changed, So Should Washington
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (IPS) - As the Egyptian revolution against Hosni Mubarak celebrates its third anniversary, the military junta under General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is resurrecting dictatorship under the veneer of "constitutional" legitimacy and on the pretense of fighting "terrorism."
Decriminalisation Comes to Davos
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (IPS) - In the exclusive, rarified air of Davos, Thursday's attendees at the World Economic Forum shared in a whiff of decriminalisation at a panel on drug policy in the Swiss alpine city that included former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Texas Governor Rick Perry and the head of Human Rights Watch, Ken Roth.
Digital Age Demands Educational Transformation, World Forum Says
- Inter Press Service
CANOAS, Brazil, Jan 24 (IPS) - The challenges of the digital age call for schools to develop an alternative model of education, with teachers who incorporate new technology and employ a more critical pedagogy, participants said at the Fórum Mundial de Educaçao (World Education Forum) in this southern Brazilian city.
As Afghan Pullout Looms, U.S. Urged to Rethink Pakistan Ties
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (IPS) - With the 2014 deadline for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in sight, analysts here are urging Washington policymakers to drop the term ‘Af-Pak' and recognise the importance of Pakistan beyond its implications for Afghanistan.
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