Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 279
Financial Transaction Tax Could Boost New Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 02 (IPS) - Ever since the Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development in March 2002 called for new and innovative strategies to complement traditional Official Development Assistance (ODA), various financial instruments have been discussed.
Panama and Nicaragua - Two Canals, One Shared Dream
- Inter Press Service
PANAMA CITY, Jul 01 (IPS) - Nicholas Suchecki Guillén is blind. His dream was to visit the Panama Canal expansion works, touch the cement structures, and feel part of this new period of history in his country.
Opinion: BRICS for Building a New World Order?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 01 (IPS) - As the leaders of the BRICS five meet in the Russian city of Ufa for their annual summit Jul. 8–10, their agenda is likely to be dominated by economic and security concerns, triggered by the continuing economic crisis in the European Union and the security situation in the Middle East.
Foreign Investment Fell Worldwide in 2014, U.N. Says
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 30 (IPS) - Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in 2014 declined 16 per cent to 1.2 trillion dollars, according to this year's newly released World Investment Report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Opinion: "Slight Deceleration" in G20 Trade Restrictions but Continued Vigilance Needed
- Inter Press Service
Opinion: The ACP at 40 – Repositioning as a Global Player
- Inter Press Service
Rome March Celebrate Pope’s Call for Urgent Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 28 (IPS) - People of faith, civil society groups, and communities affected by climate change marched together in Rome Sunday Jun. 28 to express gratitude to Pope Francis for the release of his Laudato Si encyclical on the environment, and call for bolder climate action by world leaders.
High Hopes in Iran as Nuclear Talks Head Into Final Round
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 26 (IPS) - A final deal on Iran's nuclear programme wouldn't only make non-proliferation history. It would also be the beginning of a better life for the Iranian people—or at least that's what they're hoping.
Ghosts Of War Give Way to Development in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, Jun 26 (IPS) - It is an oasis from the scorching heat outside. The three-storey, centrally air-conditioned Cargills Square, a major mall in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna town, is the latest hangout spot in the former warzone, where everyone from teenagers to families to off-duty military officers converge.
German Development Cooperation Piggybacks Onto Africa’s E-Boom
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Jun 26 (IPS) - In a major paradigm shift, the German government is now placing its bets on digitalisation for its development cooperation policy with Africa, under what it calls a Strategic Partnership for a 'Digital Africa'.
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