Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1205
Aid Hurting Palestinians
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank, Feb 28 (IPS) - Local food for local people. That's the idea behind Sharaka (‘partnership', in Arabic), an entirely volunteer-run, Palestinian organisation that aims to bring locally grown products directly to Palestinian dinner tables.
Women Struggle for a Place in the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Feb 28 (IPS) - Women face greater odds in achieving equal political representation in the Pacific Islands than in any other region of the world, holding just 3 percent of seats in national parliaments, compared to 20 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa and 18.5 percent in South East Asia.
Freedom Pushes Past Snags in Tunisia
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Feb 28 (IPS) - The extent to which Tunisians are able to express themselves freely is an ever-changing phenomenon. While the country is still in the grips of turmoil after the recent killing of left-wing politician Chokri Belaid, which sparked some of the largest protests since the initial revolution in 2011 that toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the airing of dissent has become second nature for many.
Aid Groups Applaud Potential Reforms to U.S. Food Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (IPS) - Advocacy groups working on global hunger and poverty are hailing rumoured proposals that would change the way the United States distributes its international food aid.
Alliance Aims to Get Past Intolerance
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Feb 27 (IPS) - A UN summit designed to promote tolerance, plurality and global inclusiveness of civilisations has opened with dire warnings of the threat of religious and ethnic intolerance – at the same time as many states that have ostensibly signed up to the UN's ideals continue to enforce laws and practices restricting religious freedom, and implicitly marginalising communities.
Kenya’s Electoral Opinion Polling Marred by Suspicion
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 27 (IPS) - When Kenya's only female presidential candidate, Martha Karua, dismissed electoral opinion pollsters who claimed that she stood a mere one percent chance of being elected to office, many said she did so because the results had not favoured her.
Killer Heat Waves and Floods Linked to Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 27 (IPS) - Killer heat waves, floods and storms are increasingly caused by climate change, new research reveals.
After Unprecedented Fight, Hagel Confirmed as Obama’s Pentagon Chief
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (IPS) - Ending a long and controversial battle, the U.S. Senate Tuesday voted 58-41 to confirm former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama's new secretary of defence.
U.S. Cuts to Global Health Budget “Mass-scale Malpractice”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (IPS) - Public health workers, activists and policymakers are stepping up a last-minute campaign to highlight the global health impact of historic, sweeping cuts to the U.S. federal budget due to go into effect Friday if Congress doesn't act.
Peace and Dead Sea at a New Low
- Inter Press Service
EIN FESHKA, Occupied West Bank, Feb 26 (IPS) - Two of the three main objectives of the Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project grapple with how to "save the Dead Sea" and "build a symbol of peace in the region." With Israeli-Palestinians relations and the Dead Sea at an all time low, questions arise whether the ‘Red-Dead Canal' (as it is known in environmental jargon) could save not only the hyper-saline desert lake but peace itself.
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