Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1236
Q&A: “Smallholder Agriculture Needs to Be Seen as a Business”
- Inter Press Service
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay, Nov 01 (IPS) - The countries of the developing South should remove the barriers still faced by small-scale farmers, because smallholders play a key role in economic growth, says Carlos Seré, the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) chief development strategist.
Egypt’s Women Rebel Against Harassment
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 01 (IPS) - Egyptian bullies who sexually harass women in the streets, often taking advantage of mob situations and the anonymity these provide, are getting a taste of their own medicine - and they don’t like it.
Algeria Skips the Spring of Discontent
- Inter Press Service
ALGIERS, Oct 31 (IPS) - As the Arab Spring continues to rage across the Middle East and North Africa, the gaze of the international media has largely passed over a country that was once known for its restive population, its long and bloody decolonisation struggle and revolutionary zeal.
OP-ED: Uruguay – Lessons from a Successful Rice Producer*
- Inter Press Service
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay, Oct 29 (IPS) - Uruguay is in the headlines of agricultural development news this week as it hosts the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2) from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 in the resort city of Punta del Este.
Dignity Grows On Olive Trees
- Inter Press Service
SALEM, Occupied West Bank, Oct 29 (IPS) - Affixed to a large cement bloc, the rusted, grey gate leading Palestinian farmers from the northern West Bank village of Salem to their olive groves was opened for four days this year.
Pentagon Nixed 1998 U.S. Nuclear Scientists’ Probe of Iranian Programme
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (IPS) - In 1998, the Defence Department vetoed a delegation of prominent U.S. nuclear specialists to go to Iran to investigate its nuclear programme at the invitation of the government of newly-elected Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, according to the nuclear scientist who was organising the mission.
Wrangling Begins Over New Sustainable Development Blueprint
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 26 (IPS) - As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) limp towards their target date of 2015, the United Nations is shifting its focus to another long-term action plan: a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
New Drugs Underused in Averting Maternal Deaths
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (IPS) - In most developing countries, where a woman gives birth still determines whether she lives or dies, despite the availability of inexpensive new medication that is proven to save lives.
Women Using ICTs to Change the World
- Inter Press Service
SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain, Oct 26 (IPS) - New technologies can transform society, and the role of women in using these tools to promote change was clearly seen at the first ICT Congress for Peace in this city in northern Spain.
Q&A: Severe Birth Defects Soar in Post-War Iraq
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 26 (IPS) - A new study confirms what many Iraqi doctors have been saying for years – that there is a virtual epidemic of rare congenital birth defects in cities that suffered bombing and artillery and small arms fire in the U.S.-led attacks and occupations of the country.
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