Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 244
Xenophobic Rhetoric, Now Socially and Politically ‘Acceptable’ ?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 23 (IPS) - "Xenophobic and racist rhetoric seems not only to be on the rise, but also to be becoming more socially and politically acceptable."
The warning has been heralded by the authoritative voice of Mogens Lykketoft, current president of the United Nations General Assembly, who on World Refugee Day on June 20, reacted to the just announced new record number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution.
African Fisheries Plundered by Foreign Fleets
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 23 (IPS) - In 2011, Dyhia Belhabib was a volunteer in the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver when she was asked to participate in the Sea Around Us's project to determine how much fish had been taken out of the world's oceans since 1950 in order to better avoid depleting the remaining populations of fish.
Latin America and the Caribbean: What does it take to prevent people from falling back into poverty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (IPS) - Latin America and the Caribbean countries have experienced historic economic and social transformation in recent years. This has led to a considerable reduction in poverty and inequality and to advances in closing gender, labor and education gaps. These achievements are the result of a favorable economic environment as well as proactive social inclusion policies.
Civil Society in Latin America Campaigns Against Trans-Pacific Partnership
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 20 (IPS) - Civil society organisations from Chile, Mexico and Peru are pressing their legislatures and those of other countries not to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Xenophobia: ‘Hate Is Mainstreamed, Walls Are Back, Suspicion Kills’
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 20 (IPS) - "Hate is becoming mainstreamed. Walls – which tormented previous generations, and have never yielded any sustainable solution to any problem – are returning. Barriers of suspicion are rising, snaking through and between our societies – and they are killers…"
What If Turkey Drops Its “Human Bomb” on Europe?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 19 (IPS) - Will the rapid--though silent escalation of political tensions between the European Union and Turkey, which has been taking a dangerous turn over the last few weeks, push Ankara to drop a "human bomb" on Europe by opening its borders for refugees to enter Greece and other EU countries?
Building Africa's Energy Grid Can Be Green, Smart and Affordable
- Inter Press Service
PEMBA, Zambia, Jun 16 (IPS) - It's just after two p.m. on a sunny Saturday and 51-year-old Moses Kasoka is seated outside the grass-thatched hut which serves both as his kitchen and bedroom.
Unfounded Debt Fears Block Economic Recovery
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 16 (IPS) - Debt anxieties are not new, often fanned by political competition. But so is a double dip recession due to premature deficit reduction. For example, to seek re-election, President Roosevelt backed down from his New Deal in 1937, promising that "a balanced budget on the way". In 1938, he slashed government spending, and unemployment shot up to 19 per cent.
Western Nations, Blaming Cash Crunch, Pull out of UNIDO
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 15 (IPS) - The 134-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing countries, has expressed serious concern over the "unprecedented" withdrawal of nine member states from the Vienna-based UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Drought Dries Up Money from Honey
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 15 (IPS) - "It is everything" is how smallholder farmer Nyovane Ndlovu describes beekeeping, which has long been an alternative sweet source of income for drought-beaten farmers in Zimbabwe.
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