Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 438
Q&A: "There Is No National Boundary for Medical Care"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 (IPS) - For millions of people in developing countries, having cataracts means permanently impaired vision or even blindness. While treatment can fix the problem, the cost is well beyond most sufferers' reach.
Amidst Controversy, World Bank to Review Influential Rankings
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (IPS) - The World Bank released its 10th annual Doing Business report on Monday, using the occasion to track business- and investment-friendly reforms put in place around the world over the past decade.
EU Crisis’ Ripple Effects in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Oct 22 (IPS) - The crisis in Europe may provide an opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean to recast the bi-regional relationship based on higher education and investments with a social and environmental focus, according to the ministerial Council of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System.
Treaty Tolls Death Knell for Mexican Countryside
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 22 (IPS) - The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations, which Mexico is to join in December, are threatening to eliminate the last defences of the country’s agricultural sector.
Palau Proves Sharks Worth More Alive Than Dead
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Oct 22 (IPS) - Sharks have a safe haven the size of France, and the Republic of Palau that protects them is making millions of dollars from shark tourism.
The Face of Food Security Is Female
- Inter Press Service
DES MOINES, Iowa, USA, Oct 19 (IPS) - In a major endorsement for investment in women - the bulk of food growers in the developing world - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said food security could not be achieved without women, and that the world's hungry also needed leaders to prioritise actions.
Cooperatives Help Women Farmers Tighten Ranks
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 19 (IPS) - It is a tried and tested truth that when women come together in groups they can address their issues more powerfully than they can as individuals.
Kenya Pushes Dubiously Against Islamists
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Oct 19 (IPS) - A Kenyan military advance into Somali territory to push back Islamic militants has had some measured military success - but is not without controversy.
Politics of War Crimes Trials Under Spotlight
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (IPS) - Ten years after the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened its doors in The Hague, the United Nations Security Council held its first open discussion on the role of the court, with some nations reiterating complaints that its docket is highly politicised and has unfairly singled out African nations for censure.
Senegal Finds the Cooperative Way to More Food
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Oct 18 (IPS) - Over the past two years, millet production has reached record levels in Dya, a rural community in the Kaolack region of central Senegal, where the Agricultural Value Chains Support Project (PAFA) is supporting two farmers' collectives.
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