Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1228
OP-ED: Loss and Damage from Climate Change Must Not Become the "New Normal"
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Nov 30 (IPS) - As United Nations climate talks get underway this week in Doha, Qatar, they show a subtle, unsettling shift in the global climate change debate.
Palestinians Welcome UN Upgrade Uncertainly
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank, Nov 30 (IPS) - Thousands of Palestinians gathered throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip Thursday, including representatives of all the major political factions, to celebrate and to show their support for the Palestinian Authority's bid for upgraded status at the United Nations.
Palestine Scores Overwhelming Victory in World Body
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 (IPS) - Amidst thunderous applause - and the ceremonious unfurling of a Palestinian flag in the General Assembly hall - the U.N.'s highest policy-making body Thursday voted overwhelmingly to elevate Palestine from an "observer" to a "non-member state".
Major New U.S. AIDS Plan Disallows Funding for Family Planning
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (IPS) - At perhaps a critical turning point in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, the U.S. government, the single largest funder in that fight, on Thursday unveiled a major new strategy for pushing towards achieving an "AIDS-free generation", the stated U.S. goal.
Critics Slam ASEAN Rights Commission
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Nov 29 (IPS) - At the age of 82, former Indonesian political detainee Mudjayin wonders if he will ever see justice served.
Rule of Law Strongest in Nordics, Weakest in Asia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (IPS) - The rule of law – an essential element of good governance – is prospering best in the countries of northern Europe and worst in Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe and Cameroon, according to the latest edition of a five-year-old index released here Wednesday by the World Justice Project (WJP).
Amidst Turmoil, Nuke-Free Mideast Conference Derailed
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) - A long outstanding international conference on a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East, scheduled to take place in Finland next month, has been postponed, giving rise to speculation on whether it will ever get off the ground.
Elected a President, Got a Dictator
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 28 (IPS) - Brandishing flags and carrying banners denouncing "the new pharaoh", thousands of protesters thronged to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday to voice their opposition to President Mohamed Morsi's attempt to expand his powers.
Brazil, Turkey, India, Indonesia Key to U.S.-Backed Global Order
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (IPS) - The United States should focus increasingly on courting Brazil, India, Indonesia and Turkey, four "global swing states" critical to the preservation of the Western-dominated international order, according to a new report released here Tuesday by two major U.S. think tanks.
Why Are Women Shut Out of Peace Talks?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of an upcoming U.N. Security Council (UNSC) meeting on women, peace and security, a coalition of some 63 international women's groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has decried the absence of women during peace negotiations in post-conflict situations.
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