Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1170
Time for a Leap Forward for the European Union
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 16 (IPS) - Three different models for regional unification have been proposed by the movement for European integration since its inception. One vision is a league of states that preserve national sovereignty while committing themselves to follow specific policies agreed by consensus.
Iranians Vote for Hope and a Change of Course
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jun 15 (IPS) - Iran's June 14 presidential election results, announced the day after, was nothing less than a political earthquake.
Award Spotlights Indian Women Helping Women
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 15 (IPS) - Jassiben, a self-employed potter from Nana Shahpur village in western India, loves summer despite the heat waves and frequent power cuts, because summer days always mean great business.
Small Farmers Buffeted by Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 15 (IPS) - The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has long warned that a quarter of the world's farmland is "highly degraded".
Sowing a Healthier Future
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 15 (IPS) - "If there was enough political will to defeat hunger, we would defeat it right now - immediately," says Enrique Yeves, chief of corporate communications at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Despite Arms Announcement, U.S. Syria Strategy Remains Unclear
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 14 (IPS) - Despite Thursday's announcement that President Barack Obama has decided to provide direct military assistance to Syrian rebels, what precisely the administration has in mind remains unclear.
Keeping Food Security Central to U.N.'s Post-2015 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 14 (IPS) - As the United Nations prepares to launch an ambitious post-2015 development agenda later this year, the message from one of its Rome-based agencies is unequivocal: the eradication of hunger and malnutrition should remain a high priority when the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) end in 2015.
The “Secret Treasure” of Food Waste
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Jun 14 (IPS) - Twenty-nine-year-old Andrzej W. and his partner lived for almost a year off of food found in the trash bin of the upscale supermarket Piotr i Pawel in Muranow, a neighbourhood near the centre of the Polish capital Warsaw. And they ate in style.
Obama to Increase "Scope and Scale" of Aid to Syrian Rebels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 14 (IPS) - Declaring that U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebel forces, the White House announced Thursday that it will increase "the scope and scale" of assistance it has been providing to the opposition, including direct support to its military arm.
Developing Countries Lead Global Shift to Green Energy
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 13 (IPS) - Emerging economies such as Mexico and India are shifting energy investments into renewable resources while industrialised countries hesitate, noted two new United Nations reports released Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya.
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