Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1156
U.S. Hedge Funds Paint Argentina as Ally of Iranian 'Devil' – Part One
- Inter Press Service
LOS ANGELES, Jul 29 (IPS) - When Argentina defaulted on its national debt in 2001, U.S. hedge funds swooped in to buy the nation's bonds at pennies on the dollar, confident they would eventually prevail in the U.S. legal system and force the country to pay out in full.
Police Scramble to Adapt as Human Trafficking Goes Mobile
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 (IPS) - In the second half of June, law enforcement in Chi?in?u, Moldova's capital city, received an email from a parent telling them their child had been kidnapped.
Bands Play Across Political Discord
- Inter Press Service
TEL AVIV, Jul 28 (IPS) - Two heavy metal bands, the Israeli-Arab Khalas (‘enough,' in Arabic) and the Orphaned Land, a Jewish band, performed simultaneously this week under the roof of Club Hangar 13 in the refurbished port of Tel Aviv. The bands are slated to play together this fall in a series of 18 gigs across Europe.
Technology and Innovation Aim at Greater Food Security
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 27 (IPS) - In the face of global climate change and currency devaluation, improved strategies are being used to combat high international poverty and malnutrition rates, and to increase global food security.
U.S. and EU Frustrate Peasants’ Rights Declaration
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 27 (IPS) - Staunch opposition by the U.S. delegation and, to one extent or another, by European countries has blocked the approval this year of a draft multilateral declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, which is backed by the developing world.
Q&A: "Angela Merkel Is the Decider of Our Fate"
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Jul 26 (IPS) - "Who do I call if I want to call Europe?" This famous question attributed to former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger has an obvious answer today: Angela Merkel, the conservative German chancellor.
Biochar Could “Turn Back Clock” on Climate
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 26 (IPS) - Even as policymakers around the world wrestle with how to cut future emissions of global greenhouse gases, some scientists and environmentalists are increasingly turning their attention to the carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere, trying to discern ways that this level can be efficiently and safely brought down.
Kurds Find a German Healing Touch
- Inter Press Service
QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq, Jul 26 (IPS) - "I witnessed a Turkish tank made in Germany destroying a Kurdish village. Civilians, children included, were wounded, and many were taking shelter inside a besieged church," said Media, the German nurse who has become legendary in the Kurdish mountains of northern Iraq and is known here only by this name.
For First Time Since 2009, U.S. Senate Talks Closing Guantanamo
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 25 (IPS) - Momentum appears to be building in the push to close down the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, where 166 inmates, 86 of whom have been cleared for release, remain held without charges.
BOOKS: China’s March to “Wealth and Power”
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 24 (IPS) - The China pavilion is a red, inverted pyramid in Shanghai that was built for the city's bustling 2010 World Expo. While the pavilion pays some homage to China's ancient past, it mostly shows off China's 21st century ambitions, with as much swagger as the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Powered by
