Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1284
Q&A: Afghanistan Between Peace and Stagnation
- Inter Press Service
Although Afghanistan's government and economy remains fragile and the security situation unstable, the 28 members of NATO plan to withdraw International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops by 2014, as they believe it is time to hand over responsibility to the Central Asian nation.
Half of U.S. Corporations in Study Skewed Climate Science
- Inter Press Service
According to a report released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) here on Wednesday, at least half of the U.S. corporations under review have actively supported the misrepresentation of the science around climate change.
COLOMBIA: Langlois Case Raises Questions About Status of Journalists in War — Part 1
- Inter Press Service
French reporter Romeo Langlois is returning home today with an injured arm, after surviving a firefight and spending a month in the hands of the FARC guerrillas in Colombia’s southern Amazon jungle region.
Q&A: The World Must Learn From Smallholder Farmers
- Inter Press Service
As Africa's Sahel region faces a new food crisis, smallholder famers hold the key to making future development policies sustainable.
A Future With Food, or No Future At All
- Inter Press Service
The upcoming Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development will not succeed if the crises of hunger and malnutrition are not effectively addressed. The issues are so inextricably linked with sustainable development that they have to be part of the agenda, according to a report released Wednesday by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) for the upcoming Earth Summit that will take place in Rio de Janeiro from Jun. 20-22.
Energy Agency Looks to Natural Gas 'Golden Age'
- Inter Press Service
If a series of 'golden rules' can be followed, a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests, global natural gas usage could grow by more than 50 percent by 2035.
Climate Change and Family Planning - Twin Issues for LDCs
- Inter Press Service
The reproductive rights agenda, from improving women’s access to education to systematic family planning to reducing birth rates and combating poverty, has become a cornerstone of most industrialised nations’ development policies toward the least developed countries (LDCs), comprised primarily of sub-Saharan African states.
Barbados Begins New Drive to Bolster Local Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
Mere weeks ago Arthur Smith, who has been farming here for more than 20 years, was dangling thousands of carrots in front of local consumers, but there were no buyers to be had.
Brotherhood Marches On Towards Presidency
- Inter Press Service
Results of the first post-Mubarak presidential election last week have left most Egyptians stunned, with Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi coming in first and Ahmed Shafiq - ousted president Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister - coming in a close second. The two are now slated to face off in a hotly-contested runoff vote next month.
Fate Unites, Israel Separates
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of thousands of families - from Palestinians to Southeast Asian migrant workers to African refugees - struggle under Israeli policies that seek to limit the number of non-Jews within Israel and in the areas it occupies.
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