Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 299
OPINION: China – The Future, After 4,000 Years of History
- Inter Press Service
Zimbabwe’s Famed Forests Could Soon Be Desert
- Inter Press Service
Taiwanese Activists Push for Citizen-Based Constitution
- Inter Press Service
TAIPEI, Feb 05 (IPS) - "The clock is ticking." Those were the words of Taiwan Democracy Watch Director Yeh Chueh-an on Feb. 4, as scores of civil society organisations in the capital, Taipei, began a countdown for a citizen-based rewriting of Taiwan's constitution aimed at safeguarding human rights and social equity.
Asia to Drive Strong Growth in Global Tourism
- Inter Press Service
, Feb 04 (IPS) - Global tourism, which stood at a mere 25 million international travelers in 1950 has, over the past decades, experienced such phenomenal growth and diversification that today it has become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world.
Where the Right to Information and Good Governance Go Hand-in-Hand
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Feb 03 (IPS) - On Jan. 8, 2009, the Sri Lankan media suffered a debilitating attack.
Row Erupts over Jamaica's Bid to Slow Beach Erosion
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Feb 02 (IPS) - A plan that government says will slow the rate of erosion on Jamaica's world-famous Negril beach is being opposed by the people whose livelihoods it is meant to protect.
OPINION: The Plight of Women and Girls in Zambezi’s Floods
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 02 (IPS) - The flooding of the Zambezi River has had devastating consequences for three countries in Southern Africa. The three worst affected countries are Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Ending Hunger in Africa
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 01 (IPS) - While Africa's economies are among the world's fastest growing economies, hundreds of millions of Africans are living on or below the poverty line of 1.25 dollars a day, a principal factor in causing widespread hunger.
People's Tribunal Hopes Verdict on Mining Abuses Gains Traction
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 (IPS) - A recent case study on Canadian mining abuses in Latin America has woven one more thread of justice in the tapestry of international law.
Dying in Childbirth Still a National Trend in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jan 30 (IPS) - For 47-year-old Albert Mangwendere from Mutoko, a district 143 kilometres east of Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, transporting his three pregnant wives using a wheelbarrow to a local clinic has become routine, with his wives delivering babies one after the other.
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