Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1269
Brotherhood Wins, Military Prevails
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jul 15 (IPS) - The first major confrontation between Egypt's new Islamist president and its quasi-ruling military council – fought over the issue of legislative authority – appears to have been won by the latter.
Human Rights Worse After Gaddafi
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Jul 14 (IPS) - “The human rights situation in Libya now is far worse than under the late dictator Muammar Gaddafi,” Nasser al-Hawary, researcher with the Libyan Observatory for Human Rights tells IPS.
Local Control Revives Depleted Fisheries
- Inter Press Service
CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 13 (IPS) - It takes a village to protect a reef and sustain a local fishery, more than two decades of experience now shows.
Women Secure a Third of Mexican Parliament
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 13 (IPS) - Female candidates are poised to occupy an unprecedented third of the seats in Mexico's bicameral parliament when preliminary results for the Jul.1 election are confirmed.
UNDP Predicts Rise of the Global South
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 13 (IPS) - When the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) unveils its annual flagship Human Development Report (HDR) in mid-October, the primary focus will be on a growing new phenomenon on the economic horizon: the rise of the global South and the significant progress in South-South cooperation over the last decade.
Egypt’s New Unions Face Uncertain Future
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jul 13 (IPS) - The independent trade unions that have sprung up across Egypt over the last 17 months face an uncertain future, caught between Islamists and the military and operating under labour laws that have not changed since Hosni Mubarak was in power.
Women’s Inequality Linked to Soaring Population
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (IPS) - The world’s population now stands at about seven billion, and by 2050, this figure will hit a whopping nine billion.
SOUTH KOREA: Stuck in the 20th Century?
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 12 (IPS) - South Korea is at the cutting edge of global technology. It is one of the most wired countries, and its biggest cities have the fastest Internet connections in the world.
TURKMENISTAN: Ashgabat Quietly Builds Up Caspian Military Might
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (IPS) - When it comes to the brewing arms race in the Caspian Sea region, no one can accuse Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of navel-gazing. Ashgabat is now able to back its claims to some energy-rich patches of the sea with considerable firepower.
Making it Compulsory to Have Women in Ghana’s Parliament
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Jul 12 (IPS) - Beatrice Boateng, a member of parliament with the New Patriotic Party, Ghana’s official opposition to the ruling New Democratic Congress, has earned her place among the country’s lawmakers.
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