Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 196
No Ordinary Match
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 19 (IPS) - David S. Evangelista is President and Managing Director of Special Olympics Europe Eurasia.The parched earth made for a tough football pitch, but the youth of Loresho Primary school were determined. It was blue against yellow- two teams competing for the coveted prize of pride and victory.
Latin America & the Caribbean Edging Towards Eliminating Tuberculosis
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Mar 16 (IPS) - Grace Virtue, Ph.D., is Senior Advisor – Communications, ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership.Known as El Libertador throughout the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, Simón Bolívar was central to the battle for independence from Spanish rule in Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Male Survivors of Sexual Violence Suffer in Silence Due to Stigma
- Inter Press Service
BANGUI, Mar 14 (IPS) - Zack Baddorf is an All Survivors Project ResearcherIn the Central African Republic, 45-year-old "Theodore" was captured by an armed group in February 2017 during an attack on his village of Mingala in the country's southeast. He was taken with 21 other men to a nearby ad hoc rebel military base and locked up in a house-turned-prison guarded by six armed men.
Has Trump Just Launched a Global Trade War?
- Inter Press Service
PENANG, Malaysia, Mar 14 (IPS) - Martin Khor is Executive Director of the South Centre, a think tank for developing countries, based in GenevaLast week's action by President Donald Trump has ended the United States' leadership on liberal trade and may trigger a global trade war with major damaging consequences.
It's the War, Stupid
- Inter Press Service
MIAMI, Mar 14 (IPS) - It is revealing that a ruler who did not serve in the military, nor enjoys any experience in war affairs, has a special inclination to use a vocabulary more typical of bloody clashes between states than in diplomatic relations.
Why We Need Machines to Learn to Avoid Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 13 (IPS) - The opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) can unlock for our world - from discovering cures to diseases that kill millions each year to significantly reducing carbon emissions - are growing at a shocking pace.
The United Nations Strongly Supports Kenya’s Push to Achieve Universal Health Care
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 12 (IPS) - Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya.Mr. Maina Kiai's account (Nation, 24 February) of the exciting dialogue hosted at Stanford University, USA does not present a true account of what transpired at that meeting.
Trump’s Trade War in Perspective
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY & KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 12 (IPS) - US President Donald Trump's recent announcement of steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports seems to have shocked US allies, even though these were among his 2016 election promises. The European Union (EU), Australia and Canada reacted sharply, in contrast to the more restrained response from China, the main target of earlier actions.
The Government of Kenya and United Nations Partnership to Achieve Universal Health Care Inspires Many in Silicon Valley and the Stanford, U.C. Berkeley Communities
- Inter Press Service
Political Dominoes Topple in Ethiopia
- Inter Press Service
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