Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1327
BRICS Tighten United Front
- Inter Press Service
At their summit in the Indian capital on Thursday, leaders of the coalition known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — made several poignant decisions that experts say hint at the converging of economic and political interests of a disparate regional bloc.
Spanish Officials Turn Deaf Ear to General Strike
- Inter Press Service
Spain’s centre-right government stood firm and announced that it would not modify the labour reforms that tens of thousands of people protested Thursday in a 24-hour general strike.
Winds of Lent Blowing in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
Debates in civil society, tension with internal opposition groups, demands from outside the country and inevitable comparisons with John Paul II’s visit to this socialist island in 1998 surrounded Benedict XVI’s visit 14 years later to a very different Cuba.
Drone Technology Takes Off
- Inter Press Service
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) held its conference this month in Israel for the first time. Do future wars by land, sea and air belong to robots?
Palestinian Prisoners Fight Back With Hunger
- Inter Press Service
As 29-year-old Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi enters day 43 of her open- ended hunger strike Thursday from a hospital bed in northern Israel, over two dozen other Palestinian prisoners have now followed suit, refusing food as a way to protest their arrest, detention and treatment in Israeli prisons.
Kazakhstan Divided Over Fugitive Banker
- Inter Press Service
As the trial began this week of 37 alleged participants in a strike-related riot, the man who did the most to help the striking oil workers and to publicise their cause, Mukhtar Ablyazov, remained far beyond the Kazakhstan government’s grasp.
South Africa No Longer the Gateway to the Continent
- Inter Press Service
South Africa’s membership of the bloc of leading emerging economies and its unique position in Africa heralded the country’s role as a gateway into the African continent. However, trade experts question whether it can live up to this position as investors begin to increasingly look towards other African markets.
Ahead of Revived Talks, US Wavers: Diplomacy or Sanctions for Iran?
- Inter Press Service
A former top state department official singled out diplomatic engagement as the best available option for ending decades of 'mistrust and misunderstanding' between Washington and Tehran.
Ahead of Revived Talks, US Wavers: Diplomacy or Sanctions for Iran?
- Inter Press Service
A former top state department official singled out diplomatic engagement as the best available option for ending decades of 'mistrust and misunderstanding' between Washington and Tehran.
Scientists Claim Their Place in Struggle for Food Security
- Inter Press Service
Weather events such as extreme temperatures and drought caused global agricultural losses of 11.4 billion dollars in 2011, while 12 million hectares of farmland are lost to land degradation every year, and unsustainable agricultural practices contribute to the emission of greenhouse gases.
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