Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1224
Doha Climate Summit Ends With No New CO2 Cuts or Funding
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Dic 10 (IPS) - The United Nations climate talks in Doha went a full extra 24 hours and ended without increased cuts in fossil fuel emissions and without financial commitments between 2013 and 2015.
Egyptian Pulse Running Weak
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Dic 09 (IPS) - Hospitalised for impaired kidney function, Eman El-Behery needed three medicines to bring her diabetes under control. Her daughter, 16-year-old Reham, found two of the medications at a pharmacy across the road from the hospital, but after hours of searching was unable to find the third, a drug that dilates blood vessels in the kidneys to prevent damage.
Diamonds Are Israel’s Best Friend
- Inter Press Service
ACRE, Northern Israel, Dic 09 (IPS) - While Israelis aren't new to the diamond trade, they're fairly novice in diamond mining. Inspired by the words of a revered Rabbi who prophesied that gems are buried in the Promised Land, Shefa Yamim, the country's first exploration and mining company, hopes to unearth huge diamonds deposits.
New Attack Brings Renewed Strength for Hamas
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Dic 08 (IPS) - The Islamist party Hamas had been losing support as a result of economic difficulties and factional fighting. Today Hamas is popular again, heralded for its retaliation in Israel's latest military assault on the Gaza Strip.
Reforms Could Weaken Pan-American Rights Body
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 08 (IPS) - The pan-regional Organisation of American States (OAS) on Friday received a petition signed by more than 3,000 signatories from throughout the Americas, including four past presidents, expressing a host of concerns over current attempts to reform the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
A Hotter World Is a Hungry World
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Dic 07 (IPS) - Food prices will soar and hundreds of millions will starve without urgent action to make major cuts in fossil fuel emissions. That is what is at stake here on the last day of the U.N. climate talks known as COP 18, scientists and activists say.
Iran Nuclear Accord "Unlikely" Without Easing Sanctions
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 07 (IPS) - Iran is unlikely to agree to curb its nuclear programme unless the U.S. and its Western allies are prepared to ease tough economic sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic over the past decade, according to a major new report signed by more than three dozen former top U.S. foreign-policy makers, military officers, and independent experts.
Investments Into, Out of Developing Countries at Record Levels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 06 (IPS) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) both into and out of developing countries is at or nearing record levels, an arm of the World Bank reported on Thursday.
Israel Rains Fire When U.N. Votes Against It
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 06 (IPS) - Whenever the Security Council (sporadically) or the General Assembly (more frequently) lambastes Israel, the reaction from the Jewish state is highly predictable: either launch a military strike on Palestinians or announce new settlements in the occupied territories.
An Empty Table at Doha Climate Talks
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Dic 06 (IPS) - United Nations climate talks are on the edge of collapse Thursday, according to a coalition of civil society and representatives from half of the world's countries.
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