Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 150
Displaced by the Desert: An expanding Sahara leaves Broken Families and Violence in its Wake
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Mali/COTONOU, Benin, Oct 18 (IPS) - Abdoulaye proudly displays an album showing photos of him and his family during happier times when they all lived together in their home in northern Mali. Today, these memories seem distant and painful.
Ghana's Grains and Groundnuts Face Increasing Contamination Amid Increasing Temperatures
- Inter Press Service
BONO EAST REGION, Ghana, Oct 16 (IPS) - Adwoa Frimpomaah, a smallholder farmer from Dandwa, a farming community in Nkoranza, in Ghana's Bono East Region, and her two children have been consuming insect-infested and discoloured grains produced from their three-acre farm.
OECD Tax Reform Proposal Could Be Better
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (IPS) - The OECD Secretariat published its proposed ‘unified approach' to reform international tax rules to address tax challenges posed by digitalization on 9 October 2019.
Under current rules, there is little chance of a company being taxed without its physical presence in the country concerned. But digitalization enables many businesses to remotely conduct economic activities affecting a national economy without a direct physical presence.
The IPCC’s Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere – What it means for Africa’s coastal cities
- Inter Press Service
Oct 15 (IPS) - The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate highlights the urgency of prioritising ambitious and coordinated actions to address the unprecedented and continuing changes that are taking place in the ocean and cryosphere (Earth's frozen lands).
Huge moment for Ethiopia as Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace prize
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 12 (IPS) - It's one of the world's most prestigious honours, and has been awarded to Ethiopia's prime minister in recognition of his inspired leadership across the Horn of Africa. But the award also comes at a time when his domestic policies and credibility are under increasing strain.Ethiopia found itself in the global spotlight for all the right reasons after Abiy Ahmed, its young, dynamic prime minister was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Global Climate Change Investment Heavily Tilted Towards Mitigation and Low on Adaptation
- Inter Press Service
INCHEON, South Korea, Oct 08 (IPS) - Good news: the graph depicting climate investments has been steadily increasing. Climbing from the 2012 figure of $360 billion in climate investments across the world to close to $600 billion currently.
Africa’s Mineral Wealth May Just have to Stay in the Ground to Protect a Changing Climate
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 07 (IPS) - As a result of climate change, resource extraction industries in Africa will be impacted by asset stranding, researchers say.
South Sudan's Authorities Allow Serious Human Rights Abuses to Flourish and go Unpunished - Report
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 07 (IPS) - Human rights movement Amnesty International has accused South Sudanese authorities for lack of independence as they have allowed allowing human rights abuses, war crimes and crimes against humanity to go unpunished.
Q&A: Holistic Land Management - Only a Movement can Prevent Desertification
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Oct 04 (IPS) - Desertification is not cheap. It has social, cultural, environmental and of course economic costs to reverse what it destroys.
The Rise of Phantom Investments
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Oct 03 (IPS) - According to official statistics, Luxembourg, a country of 600,000 people, hosts as much foreign direct investment (FDI) as the United States and much more than China. Luxembourg's $4 trillion in FDI comes out to $6.6 million a person.
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