Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1151
What Egypt Is Blind To
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 19 (IPS) - Dina Gamal, whose 10-year-old son was born blind, says it is not him but Egyptian society that lives in the dark.
Opponents of Fracking Seek to Thwart Shale Gas Finance
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (IPS) - Non-governmental organisations are putting pressure on multilateral financial institutions not to finance production of shale gas by hydraulic fracturing or fracking because of the high environmental costs they say are associated with this method.
‘Deserts Can Save Forests’
- Inter Press Service
KUBUQI, China, Aug 18 (IPS) - It may take development of the deserts to save forests, say experts, who stress that desert ecology needs to be preserved and enhanced.
The Role of the State in Developing Countries under Attack from New FTAs
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Aug 17 (IPS) - Two new trade agreements involving the two economic giants, the United States and the European Union, are leading a charge against the role of the state in the economy of developing countries.
Revenge Rises From Sinai
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 17 (IPS) - The violence in Cairo came amidst firm indications that Muslim Brotherhood members hit back after a brutal crackdown this week that left many hundreds dead. And the winds of retaliation have blowing in from the Sinai peninsula, the desert to the east.
Protests in Portugal Going Grey
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Aug 16 (IPS) - The elderly have taken to the streets in Portugal to protest drastic public sector pension cuts announced this week by the government of conservative Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
U.S. Arms Industry Would Lose Big from Egypt Aid Cut-Off
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 (IPS) - The United States, which has refused to cut off its hefty 1.3 billion dollars in annual military aid to Egypt, continues to argue that depriving arms to the 438,500-strong security forces will only "destabilise" the crisis-ridden country.
OP-ED: Israeli-Palestinian Talks: Why Now and To What End?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (IPS) - The recently restarted talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are the only peaceful political activity amidst ongoing violence in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Bahrain and elsewhere in the Arab world.
Egyptian Media Silences Protests
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 16 (IPS) - As Egypt's political crisis escalates, supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi accuse the local media – both state-run and private – of ignoring pro-Morsi demonstrations and covering up massive rights abuses.
Obama Cancels Joint Exercises with Egypt
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (IPS) - One day after the killing by the Egyptian army and security forces of hundreds of civilian protestors, U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday announced the cancellation of joint U.S.-Egyptian military exercises scheduled for September.
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