Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1217
U.S. Urged to Stem Broader Ethnic Violence in Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (IPS) - Worried over the possibility of further escalation of armed conflict in Myanmar, activists here are calling on Washington to take stronger action to condemn state forces for aerial bombardment of ethnic Kachin rebels and civilians in the country's north, which some say constitutes crimes against humanity.
Experts Fear Collapse of Global Civilisation
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 11 (IPS) - Experts on the health of our planet are terrified of the future. They can clearly see the coming collapse of global civilisation from an array of interconnected environmental problems.
Water Summit to Focus on Resolving Scarcities in Mideast
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (IPS) - Amidst a growing water crisis in the predominantly arid Middle East and North Africa (MENA), some of the world's most influential water experts will meet next week at the International Water Summit (IWS) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) to look for sustainable solutions.
Netanyahu Suffers for Being Too Popular
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Jan 11 (IPS) - "We feel like we finally live a normal life in a normal country," marvelled a popular radio host. Normalcy – this rare appreciation by Israelis of the privilege to indulge in small talk about the stormy weather that's wreaked the whole region – is so abnormal here.
Treaty “Insufficient” to Reduce Global Mercury Levels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Even as government negotiators from around the world prepare to gather next week for a final round of talks on a new international treaty limiting the use of mercury, scientists and activists are warning that the draft treaty is both too weak and too limited in scope to have a major impact.
U.N. Aims at Sustainable Energy for All by 2024
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (IPS) - When the General Assembly wound down its 67th session in late December, it underscored the key role for energy in the U.N.'s post-2015 economic agenda by declaring 2014-2024 the "Decade of Sustainable Energy for All".
What’s in Store for 2013
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Immigration System’s Cost, Reach “Unprecedented”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 08 (IPS) - The United States government is spending more on immigration enforcement each year than it is on all other federal law-enforcement agencies combined, according to the first comprehensive look at how the country's sprawling immigration complex has grown over the past decade.
China's Rising Soybean Consumption Reshaping Western Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 08 (IPS) - Global demand for soybeans has soared in recent decades, with China leading the race. Nearly 60 percent of all soybeans entering international trade today go to China, making it far and away the world's largest importer.
New Push for U.S. to Ratify Major Women's Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 08 (IPS) - The United States continues to be in the dubious company of six countries that have either refused or are reluctant to ratify the landmark U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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