Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1159
Survivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse Press Vatican for Answers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (IPS) - Mary Caplan was just 14 years old, and her father was dying of cancer. When she went to the local priest in her hometown of Jersey City, New Jersey, to ask for prayers and help, he sexually abused her, and went on to do so for the next two and a half years.
Haitian Women Still Waiting for a Seat at the Table
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jul 18 (IPS) - More than two years ago, Haiti's parliament approved a landmark amendment to the country's 1987 constitution to ensure that women fill at least 30 percent of elected and appointed positions at the national level.
OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - Do you expect a miracle from Rouhani? You are heading down the wrong road. Please take it easy!
Power Woos Critics with Pro-Israel Charm Offensive
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - Samantha Power, U.S. President Barack Obama's nominee for the post of ambassador to the United Nations, made a strong case for her confirmation Wednesday with strong pro-Israel and interventionist statements that will appeal to many of the hawks in the U.S. Senate.
Egypt May Not go the Algeria Way
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jul 18 (IPS) - The ouster of Egypt's first freely elected president by the military has led some to warn of a possible Algeria-style civil war. Local analysts, however, dismiss the likelihood of the "Algeria scenario" occurring in Egypt.
U.S. Government-Funded News Comes Home
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 17 (IPS) - Following the amendment of a long-standing U.S. law, people in this country will now be exposed to news which is produced by the U.S. government.
Economics and Population Policies Go Hand In Hand
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 17 (IPS) - Nearly 20 years after the landmark U.N. conference on population and development, the countries of Latin America have an opportunity to make headway with a new agenda on these issues, thanks to the favourable economic context that has made it possible to reduce social inequalities.
Are Middle Class Protests Fallout from Poverty Alleviation?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 (IPS) - The rise of the "global middle class" is widely attributed to the gradual eradication of extreme poverty in the developing world, even as the United Nations says that millions of people in countries such as India, China and Brazil have graduated from the ranks of the indigent.
Brazil Wide Open to Cyber Invasion
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 16 (IPS) - Brazil, reportedly one of the main targets of U.S. signals spying, is attempting to untangle a web of hi-tech espionage with low-tech equipment reminiscent of a novel by British author John le Carré.
U.N. Deploys Women Protection Advisers to Curb Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (IPS) - Despite the United Nations' "zero tolerance" policy against sexual violence, there has been a rash of gender-based crimes in several of the world's conflict zones, including South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Northern Uganda, Somalia, the Central African Republic - and, more recently, in politically-troubled Egypt and Syria.
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