Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1194
Veto Returns to Haunt Big Powers in Arms Trade Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 01 (IPS) - When the United Nations set out to draft a politically-sensitive Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), ever since negotiations began in 2006, member states agreed to take the final decision by "consensus".
Lebanon in a ‘Civil War’ Over Wages
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Apr 01 (IPS) - The surprise resignation of Lebanon's Prime Minister Nijab Mikati eclipsed his last major manoeuvre, which was to refer to parliament a highly contentious wage scale hike for the public sector. Teachers and staff across the public sector started an open strike on Feb. 20 when then prime minister Nijab Mikati failed to send the wage scale policy - which had previously been agreed upon by the cabinet - to the parliament for vote.
Border Control by Another Name
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Apr 01 (IPS) - Crossing the Belgian-German border in the heart of Europe should be a smooth experience, with no border controls, since the Schengen free movement area came into existence. Yet identity checks at this border and others inside Schengen are not uncommon, despite the contorted logic applied to prove their legality.
Yemen Struggles With Past Crimes
- Inter Press Service
SANAA, Apr 01 (IPS) - Yemen has launched its six-month National Dialogue but creating a just law is proving a formidable task.
The Siege Is Rubbish
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Mar 31 (IPS) - "For the past five years we've collected garbage by traditional means: donkey and cart," says Abdel Rahem Abulkumboz, director of health and environment at the Municipality of Gaza. The municipality of Gaza alone produces 700 tons of waste daily, Kumboz says. More than half of this waste is collected daily by 250 donkey carts.
Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Will Cost U.S. 4-6 Trillion Dollars: Report
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 30 (IPS) - Costs to U.S. taxpayers of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will run between four and six trillion dollars, making them the most expensive conflicts in U.S. history, according to a new report by a prominent Harvard University researcher.
Arab Spring Shifts Focus of World Social Forum
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Mar 29 (IPS) - The World Social Forum's traditional focus on economic, political and social injustice caused by globalisation shifted towards the revolts and unrest of the Arab Spring, in the current edition of the global gathering in Tunisia.
Inhospitable Flows the Nile
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Mar 29 (IPS) - A 4,200-year-old relief in the Tomb of Mereruka in Sakkara depicts the staggering array of fish that once inhabited the Nile River and its wetlands. Ancient Egyptian fishermen with linen nets haul in their bounty, including the sacred Oxyrhynchus, a snub-nosed fish that was captured and nurtured but never eaten.
Canada Pulls Out of U.N. Body to Fight Desertification
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 28 (IPS) - Canada is pulling out of the United Nations convention that fights droughts in Africa next year, making it the only country in the world not participating in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
U.N. Accused of Opaque Selection Process for Top Officials
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (IPS) - - The Geneva-based U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), described as a key forum for developing nations on issues relating to trade, investment and development, will have a new secretary-general come September.
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