Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1196
USAID Makes Steady but Slow Gains on Transparency
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (IPS) - The United States' main foreign assistance agency is getting widespread plaudits for new data on a series of internal reforms aimed at aid improvement, but some development experts are pointing to a persistent opaqueness from the agency.
Obama Boosts Syria Support As Congress Pushes for Military Intervention
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (IPS) - As the Syrian uprising enters its third year, the United States and its allies are preparing to materially increase their support of the armed opposition in Syria.
Guerillas and Civilians Converge for Peace
- Inter Press Service
QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq, Mar 22 (IPS) - It was only seven in the morning when Mohamed Abdi spread out a rug a few metres away from an artillery crater, up in the Qandil mountains of northern Iraq. This Iraqi Kurd from Suleimaniyah, 260 kilometres northeast of Baghdad, was ready to celebrate the Newroz – the Kurdish and Persian New Year – along with his family.
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 22 (IPS) - How much water does it take to turn on a light? It took 10,000 litres to make your jeans. Another three big bathtubs of water was needed for your two-eggs-toast-coffee breakfast this morning.
The World Flocks to its Forum
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Mar 22 (IPS) - In the final countdown to this year's World Social Forum (WSF), Tunisian civil society and the country's capital, Tunis, prepares for an influx of over 50,000 visitors. With the dates of the forum set for Mar. 26-30, uncompleted tasks are being fast-tracked while the university campus that will host the forum is being given a security face-lift.
Climate Change Now Seen as Security Threat Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (IPS) - Defence establishments around the world increasingly see climate change as posing potentially serious threats to national and international security, according to a review of high-level statements by the world's governments released here Thursday.
World Bank 2030 Draft Strategy Criticised for Omitting Inequality
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - A leaked copy of a major World Bank strategy paper, outlining a new institutional approach to tackling poverty through 2030, has worried some humanitarian groups and anti-poverty advocates, who say the bank has failed to suggest mechanisms that would allow it to adequately track or deal with growing levels of income inequality around the world.
OP-ED: Genuine Constitutional Monarchy Is the Only Way Out for Al Khalifa
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - As the Bahraini and international media continue to dissect the meaning of Crown Prince Salman's appointment as first deputy prime minister, powerful factions within the ruling Al-Khalifa family must be pondering the future of their rule.
Advocates See Historic Chance to Turn Tide on TB
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - Patients, doctors and international aid groups are calling on donors and governments to support measures that would make treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis more effective and accessible.
Ex-World Leaders Find Haven, and Per Diem, at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 (IPS) - A potential ad from the United Nations to be placed in a weekly London newsmagazine could possibly read: Vacancy for ex-head of government or ex-head of state; lucrative globe-trotting political assignments in Asia, Africa or Latin America; attractive per diem; first or business class travel; five star hotels; and guaranteed diplomatic immunity (including from the International Criminal Court).
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