Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 292
Nicaragua's Future Canal a Threat to the Environment
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, Mar 31 (IPS) - The new interoceanic canal being built in Nicaragua has brought good and bad news for the scientific community: new species and archeological sites have been found and knowledge of the local ecosystems has grown, but the project poses a huge threat to the environment.
Opinion: Cuba and the European Union – The Thaw Begins
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 31 (IPS) - The visit to Cuba of Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Mar. 23-24, and the forthcoming visit in May planned by French President François Hollande, have fast-tracked the agenda of relations between the European Union and Cuba.
Opinion: Crisis Resolution and International Debt Workout Mechanisms
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 30 (IPS) - Debt restructuring is a component of crisis management and resolution, and needs to be treated in the context of the current economic conjuncture and vulnerabilities.
Activists Protest Denial of Condoms to Africa’s High-Risk Groups
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 28 (IPS) - Tatenda Chivata, a 16-year old from Zimbabwe's Mutoko rural district, was suspended from school for an entire three-month academic term after he was found with a used condom stashed in his schoolbag.
Afghanistan’s Economic Recovery: A New Horizon for South-South Partnerships?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 27 (IPS) - First the centre of the silk route, then the epicenter of bloody conflicts, Afghanistan's history can be charted through many diverse chapters, the most recent of which opened with the election of President Ashraf Ghani in September 2014.
Decent Employment Opportunities for Young People in Rural Africa
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 27 (IPS) - Over half of the African continent's population is below the age of 25 and approximately 11 million young Africans are expected to enter the labour market every year for the next decade, say experts.
Kenya Struggles with Rising Alcoholism
- Inter Press Service
Indonesian President Unyielding on Death Penalty
- Inter Press Service
, Mar 26 (IPS) - When Indonesia's law and human rights minister visited one of the country's prisons in December last year, he met a Nigerian convict on death row for drug trafficking, who performed songs for him before leaving him with a parting gift.
Pacific Islanders Say Climate Finance “Essential” for Paris Agreement
- Inter Press Service
, Mar 24 (IPS) - As Pacific Islanders contemplate the scale of devastation wrought by Cyclone Pam this month across four Pacific Island states, including Vanuatu, leaders in the region are calling with renewed urgency for global action on climate finance, which they say is vital for building climate resilience and arresting development losses.
Multi-Drug Resistance Adds to Tuberculosis Epidemic in Papua New Guinea
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, Mar 23 (IPS) - Rising multi-drug resistance in patients suffering from tuberculosis, a debilitating infectious lung disease which mainly impacts the developing world, has led to a public health emergency in the southwest Pacific Island state of Papua New Guinea, according to state officials.
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