Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 406
Mexicans Develop Drones for Peace
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 11 (IPS) - Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones, have earned a bad reputation due to their controversial use by the United States in its "war on terrorism", yet they have almost unlimited potential as tools for scientific research.
‘Money Wasted Without Policy’
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Apr 11 (IPS) - As European Commission leaders made calls for EU countries to raise their spending on development aid for the world's poor, groups working in underdeveloped states warned that without more effective aid policies and networks, extra financing may be wasted.
Oil Flows Beneath the Battlefield
- Inter Press Service
DERIK, Syria, Apr 11 (IPS) - At seven o'clock in the morning on Mar. 1, Kurdish militias took over the only operational oil refinery in Syria, located about 800 kilometres northwest of Damascus.
Far from Home, Malian Refugees Strive to Rebuild Their Lives
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Apr 11 (IPS) - Malian widow Mariama Sow, 30, and her three children are trying to find some semblance of normalcy in their lives in Dakar, Senegal, since they left the historic city of Timbuktu in northern Mali last June to escape the Islamist occupation.
Bringing Kenya’s Government to the People
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 11 (IPS) - Like many Kenyans, Eunice Kemboi arrived at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi on Tuesday Apr. 9 to witness the transition of power as Uhuru Kenyatta, an International Criminal Court suspect, was sworn in as the country's new president.
International Carbon Markets Expanding but Still Contentious
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 10 (IPS) - Nascent carbon emissions-trading exchanges in several countries are increasingly looking at options to interlink with one another, which advocates say would offer investors long-term stability, increase revenues for the development of renewable energy and strengthen corporate support for climate policy.
Q&A: Moving Away from "Elite Multilateralism"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 10 (IPS) - As the global South claims a greater share of the world's GDP, is it also progressing in terms of overall human development? How has this southward tipping of the scale affected the dynamics of international trade? What is the role of global governance in mediating this period of change?
Access to Sanitation Still a Luxury for the Very Few
- Inter Press Service
NIAMEY, Apr 10 (IPS) - About 20 communities in Tillabéri, west Niger, have been declared open defecation-free zones as across the country, very few people have access to proper sanitation.
The Search for Swaziland’s TB-Infected Mine Workers
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Apr 09 (IPS) - For more than a decade after 1992, when Swazi gold miner Benson Maseko, 50, fell ill with chest pains and a nagging cough, he did not seek treatment.
World Bank to Strengthen Focus on Land Rights
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 08 (IPS) - The World Bank will be placing stronger emphasis on issues of land tenure and socially and environmentally sustainable agricultural investing, it announced Monday.
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