Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1266
Scientists Discover New Threats to Corals
- Inter Press Service
CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 24 (IPS) - Most corals thrive only in shallow waters, where there is enough light for them to grow. But the rapid rise in sea level, due to the melting of polar ice, is making these conditions increasingly scarce.
Expo 2012 Moves from World's Oceans to Law of the Sea
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 24 (IPS) - As part of its overall theme to educate the public about the state of the world's oceans, the international exhibition Expo 2012 will shift its focus next month to what has been described as "possibly the most significant legal instrument" of the 21st century: the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Balkans Bristles Under Turkey’s Gaze
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Jul 24 (IPS) - In the decade following the break-up of Yugoslavia, it was rare for a statement made by a foreign politician to stir heated debate in the Eastern European bloc.
What Do Egyptians Know
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jul 24 (IPS) - During the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s 29-year rule, Egyptian protesters stormed state security headquarters in Cairo. Inside they discovered a trove of documents – including surveillance reports on activists, transcripts of telephone conversations, and intercepted emails – that revealed the meticulous records the state kept on the activities of its citizens.
U.S. Aims for AIDS-Free Generation Amid Funding Cuts
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) - As more than 20,000 health workers, scholars and activists from around the world gather here this week for a major biannual AIDS conference, observers are warning that U.S. government proposals to cut HIV/AIDS-related funding could undermine the significant potential to deal a decisive blow to the disease in the near future.
A Divided Security Council Leads Syria into U.N. Dead End
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 23 (IPS) - Just before the Western-inspired resolution against Syria was vetoed in the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted as saying the United Nations was trying to support a revolutionary movement inside the country - which happens to have strong political, economic and military links to Moscow.
Obama Pressed on Syrian End-Game
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) - With the Bashar Al-Assad regime badly bloodied by last week's assassination of its top security officials and fierce fighting over the weekend in both Damascus and Aleppo, the administration of President Barack Obama is being pressed on the U.S. role in the presumed end-game.
Celebrating the Olympic Ideal with a Big Mac
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 21 (IPS) - As the 2012 London Olympics gears up to open on Jul. 27, criticism of the longstanding partnership between the Games and sponsor McDonald’s has stolen a small portion of the limelight.
Austerity Package Sparks Protests in Spain
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jul 20 (IPS) - "This is war. Parliament has got to go! They're trying to make civil servants take the blame for a situation that was caused by the banking sector and which the government has allowed to happen."
U.N. Urged to Take Lead in Aiding Cholera-Stricken Haiti
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 20 (IPS) - U.S. legislators are appealing to the United Nations to take a greater role in addressing Haiti's cholera outbreak, now in its third year and which has has left thousands dead.
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