Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1286
'More Indian Working Women Aborting Motherhood'
- Inter Press Service
A young professional in India’s burgeoning IT hub Gurgaon, a major satellite city of national capital New Delhi, Manideepa Moitra works as a software content writer not just to make a living but to secure a career in the demanding sector that catapulted India on the global outsourcing industry map.
Q&A: A Green Economy Without a Pricetag on Nature?
- Inter Press Service
As thousands gear up for the 2012 Earth Summit, Rio+20, scheduled to kick off in Brazil on Jun. 20, questions on the viability and adequacy of a ‘green economy’ abound.
Parliamentarians Pledge Support for Reproductive Health Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Participants at the Fifth International Parliamentarians’ Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) ended their meeting here Friday with a joint pledge to advocate for increased funding for full implementation of the decades-old ICPD Programme of Action.
A Sort of President Awaits Egypt
- Inter Press Service
Candidates competing in Egypt's first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted are vying for a prestigious position whose job description — oddly enough — has not yet been written. An unresolved dispute over who will write a new constitution for post-Mubarak Egypt has put the country in the unusual position of voting for a president with undefined authority.
Global Temperatures Rising on a Devastating Trajectory
- Inter Press Service
Climate-heating carbon emissions set a record high in 2011, in a 3.2 percent increase over the previous year, the International Energy Agency reported this week. The main reason for this dangerous increase is that governments are failing to implement policies to prevent catastrophic increases of global temperatures.
Victims of Forced Disappearance Eligible to Vote in Chile
- Inter Press Service
The families of victims of Chile’s 1973-1990 dictatorship were shocked to find out that the names of more than 1,000 victims of forced disappearance have appeared on the on-line voter rolls generated by a new automatic registration system.
'Big Five' Crushes 'Small Five' Over Veto Powers
- Inter Press Service
At the height of the Cold War, a Peruvian diplomat, Dr. Victor Andres Belaunde, publicly expressed scepticism about the ability of small countries to survive the diplomatic might of the big powers in the world body.
Grim News for Caribbean Economies
- Inter Press Service
For yet another occasion, it was not the good news Caribbean leaders wanted to hear.
Will Rio+20 Spark a Green Revolution?
- Inter Press Service
Think of Rio+20 as the hothouse to grow the green ideas and values humanity needs to thrive in the 21st century.
Colombia and Venezuela - Joining Forces
- Inter Press Service
When 12 Colombian soldiers were killed by FARC insurgents a stone's throw away from the northern border with Venezuela, the consequences included military cooperation that reinforces the political, diplomatic and trade-related links that have developed over the past two years between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
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