Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 272
Climate Change Shrinking Uganda’s Lakes and Fish
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Aug 22 (IPS) - Climate change is reducing the size of several species of fish on lakes in Uganda and its neighbouring East African countries, with a negative impact on the livelihoods of millions people who depend on fishing for food and income.
China’s Economy Has Sounded the Alert; Will Latin America Listen?
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, Aug 22 (IPS) - For years, Latin America has exported its raw materials to China's voracious factories, fuelling economic growth. But now that the Asian giant is putting a priority on domestic consumption over industrial production, how will this region react?
Opinion: Misinformation Hides Real Dimension of Greek “Bailout”
- Inter Press Service
Time to Work Out a Plan C for Greece
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Aug 18 (IPS) - Just over a month ago, Greek citizens were asked to go to the polls for a referendum that posed the country with an unprecedented existential dilemma and challenged the EU with the possibility of its collapse.
Presalt Oil Drives Technological Development in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 18 (IPS) - The extraction of deepwater oil, the most abundant kind in Brazil, is costly but foments technological and industrial development, requiring increasingly complex production equipment and techniques.
Prospects for Peace in South Sudan Fading Fast
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Aug 18 (IPS) - Dismissing efforts, including those of U.S. President Barack Obama, to sign off on a peace agreement and end the 20-month-long civil war in the world's newest nation, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir declined to sign, saying he needed more time for consultations.
U.N. Chief, Seeking Accountability, Shatters Myth of Lifetime Jobs
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (IPS) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stopped short of telling one his high-ranking Special Representatives: "You're fired."
U.N. Launches Second Abuse Probe of Peacekeepers in CAR
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (IPS) - It was two a.m. on Aug. 2 as peacekeeping forces from the U.N. Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) searched for a criminal suspect in the PK5 Muslim enclave of the capital city of Bangui.
Opinion: Kerry Going Back Home
- Inter Press Service
BARCELONA, Aug 13 (IPS) - Recovering from a broken femur following a bicycle accident suffered in Switzerland, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry – former senator and former presidential candidate – is anxious to accelerate his convalescence and will visit Cuba on Friday Aug. 14, where he will hoist the Stars and Stripes flag over the emblematic U.S. embassy building in Havana.
Opinion: Crisis, Emergency Measures and Failure of the ISDS System: The Case of Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12 (IPS) - The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system has come under increasing criticism in recent years.
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