Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1232
U.S. Escalation Against Iran Would Cost Global Economy Billions
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (IPS) - The world economy would bear substantial costs if the United States took steps to significantly escalate the conflict with Iran over its controversial nuclear programme, according to the findings of a Federation of American Scientists' (FAS) special report released here Friday.
Obama to Highlight “Pivot”, Burma Progress in Visit to SE Asia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (IPS) - Highlighting his much-ballyhooed "pivot" from the Greater Middle East to the Asia- Pacific region, Barack Obama leaves Friday for a four-day tour to Southeast Asia, including the first-ever visit by a U.S. president to Myanmar.
World Bank Launches Review of Social, Environmental Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (IPS) - The World Bank has begun a highly anticipated reappraisal of its social and environmental "safeguards" policies, a process that is slated to take place over the next two years.
Thinking Outside the Stall on World Toilet Day
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15 (IPS) - When the United Nations commemorates World Toilet Day next week, there will be a lingering question in the minds of activists: how best can water and sanitation be given high priority in the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the U.N.'s post-2015 economic agenda?
"Writing Is on the Wall" at Upcoming Climate Summit
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 15 (IPS) - Two-thirds of the world's proven fossil fuel reserves cannot be used without risking dangerous climate change, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned this week.
Broadwell Defended Petraeus' Village Destruction Policy
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (IPS) - Paula Broadwell, whose affair with Gen. David Petraeus brought his career to a sudden end last week, had sought to help defend his decision in 2010 to allow village destruction in Afghanistan that not only violated his own previous guidance but the international laws of war.
China's New Leadership Led by Xi Jinping*
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Nov 15 (IPS) - State media report that Xi Jinping is to take the reins of China's all-powerful Communist Party in a leadership transition that will put him in charge of the world's number-two economy for the next decade.
War Clouds Over Gaza Again
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Nov 15 (IPS) - As Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip enters its second day, Palestinians fear that this is only the beginning of another widespread Israeli offensive into the besieged Palestinian territory that would leave them nowhere to hide.
Family Planning Falters Despite Treaty Commitments
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 (IPS) - Since the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the United Nations has consistently maintained that family planning is a basic human right to be exercised by all - not just the wealthy and otherwise privileged.
Lead Funder on AIDS, Malaria, TB Gets a Reboot
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (IPS) - After weathering the departure of its executive director amidst a misallocation scandal earlier this year, the world's largest funder of programmes to address HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria is poised to announce a new leader Thursday.
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