Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1167
World Bank Formally Urged to Overhaul ‘Doing Business’ Report
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 24 (IPS) - An external review panel is calling on the World Bank to institute sweeping reforms to its widely cited annual "Doing Business" report, including doing away with a controversial ranking of countries on a variety of business-friendliness metrics.
Asylum Seekers Struggle to Survive Under Israeli Restrictions
- Inter Press Service
TEL AVIV, Jun 24 (IPS) - Tesfahiwet Medin holds a university degree and experience as a nurse. But six years after escaping the violent dictatorship in his native Eritrea, the 39-year-old says he feels like a part of him is missing, as he's been prevented from continuing in his profession in Israel.
Women in Zimbabwe’s Parliament Will Change Widow’s Lives
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jun 24 (IPS) - When Maude Taruvinga* votes in Zimbabwe's elections later this year, she will be voting for her local female politician as she has placed her hopes for a better future on the presence of more women in this southern African nation's legislature.
Egypt Sees a Dam Confrontation
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jun 23 (IPS) - Ethiopia's diversion of part of the Blue Nile late last month has both rocked Cairo's relations with Addis Ababa and provided fodder for Egypt's ongoing war of attrition between its Islamist government and secular opposition.
Mining Benefits Fail to 'Trickle Down'
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jun 22 (IPS) - With South-South trade on the rise and growth in emerging economies set to outstrip production in industrialised countries, the international mining sector has been quick to follow global trends.
Egypt Marks a Spring for Islamists
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jun 21 (IPS) - Egyptians are deeply divided and the majority are dissatisfied with the performance of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, but also have little confidence in the main opposition figures or their future, a new poll has found.
Biofortification May Hold Keys to "Hidden Hunger"
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 21 (IPS) - The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which works to end malnutrition among more than two billion people worldwide, is expressing strong support for enriching the micronutrient content of plants.
U.S., EU Urged to Press Harder for Reform in Bahrain
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 21 (IPS) - Human rights groups here are calling for the United States and the European Union (EU) to exert more pressure on Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, to seriously engage its opposition and end its repression of its majority Shi'a population.
Climate Change Promises Tough Times for Asia and Africa - Report
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 21 (IPS) - Extreme heat, flooding and water and food shortages will rock South Asia and Africa by 2030 and render large sections of cities inhabitable, if the world continues to burn huge amounts of coal, oil and gas, the World Bank is warning.
Arab Americans Aim at Preserving New York's Little Syria
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 20 (IPS) - A brick red, six-story tenement house, St. George Melkite Church and a community house in desperate need of repair are nearly all that remain of a once thriving Arab-American community in downtown New York City.
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