Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 52
Global Supply Chain Failures are Causing Pharmaceutical Contamination
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, August 7 (IPS) - The contamination of pharmaceutical medicines through toxic excipients is killing many and harming others. The UN agencies for health and drugs and crime warn that systemic vulnerabilities in the global supply chain have been exploited to introduce industrial-grade toxic chemicals into medicines, harming thousands of people, including children.
Moratorium on Nuclear Test Detonations is Hanging by a Slender Thread in these Troubled Times
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Austria, August 7 (IPS) - On 16th July this year I was at the University of Chicago, attending a Nobel Laureate Assembly, and visited the site where at 15:25 PM local time on 2 December 1942, the nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi achieved the first self-sustaining atomic fission chain reaction.
Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice
- UN News
In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism – are stripping women and girls of their right to safety, education and a viable future.
Why Crop Diversity Matters for the Future of Food
- Inter Press Service
ROME, August 6 (IPS) - Across continents and cultures, seeds and plants hold more than the promise of a harvest—they carry the wisdom of generations, the hopes of communities, and the keys to a more resilient future. Yet the diversity of the seeds and plants we grow, eat, and depend upon, is under growing strain.
Landlocked Nations Form New Bloc to Confront Climate Crisis and Inequity
- Inter Press Service
AWAZA, Turkmenistan , August 6 (IPS) - “The term ‘negotiation’ must be understood in ethical context… When an arsonist comes and burns down my house and then asks me to negotiate so I can rebuild my house, that becomes the paradox.”
Landlocked Developing Countries’ Group to Negotiate Way Out of Agricultural Catastrophe
- Inter Press Service
AWAZA, Turkmenistan, August 6 (IPS) - Agriculture is a critical sector in landlocked developing countries, as more than half (55 percent) of the population is employed in the agriculture sector – significantly higher than the global average of 25 per cent. As such, the deterioration of food security in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) is an unfolding catastrophe.
Embracing the Innovation Imperative: Tech-Governance at a Crossroads
- Inter Press Service
DOHA / WASHINGTON, DC, August 6 (IPS) - Technological progress and the course of human history have moved forward together; more recent technological innovations have emerged with unprecedented speed and reach, deeply influencing many areas of human activity.
Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida
- UN News
Hostilities have continued in Sweida, Syria, despite a ceasefire agreement, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update published on Wednesday.
Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
- UN News
Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a surge in brutal attacks on civilians by armed groups, including the Rwandan-backed M23 militia, in the country’s troubled eastern region.
Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat
- UN News
The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during the Second World War.
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