Global Issues
News headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”, page 442
Diabetes Epidemic Threatens Development Gains in Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Feb 11 (IPS) - The rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Pacific Islands, which now cause 75 percent of all deaths, is one of the greatest impediments to post-2015 development, health ministers in the region claim.
In the Shadow of Displacement, Forest Tribes Look to Sustainable Farming
- Inter Press Service
CHINTOOR, India, Feb 10 (IPS) - Laxman, a 10-year-old Koya tribal boy, looks admiringly at a fenced-in vegetable patch behind his home in southern India's Andhra Pradesh state. Velvety-green and laden with vegetables, the half-acre patch is where Laxman's family gets their daily quota of nutritious food.
OPINION: People Power, the Solution to Climate Inaction
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Feb 10 (IPS) - Nothing is more important to farmers like me than the weather. It affects the growth and quality of our crops and livestock, and has a major impact on global food supply.
Rural Towns in El Salvador Join “War Tourism” Trend
- Inter Press Service
EL PAISNAL, El Salvador, Feb 10 (IPS) - The memory of a priest killed shortly before civil war broke out in El Salvador is so alive in this small town that it is now the main attraction in a community tourist initiative aimed at providing employment and injecting money into the local economy.
Pakistan’s Domestic Workers Long For Low Pay and Overwork to Be a Thing of the Past
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Feb 09 (IPS) - Sumaira Salamat, a mother of three in her mid-40s, works every day from ten in the morning until half-past two in the afternoon. She travels between three homes, and in each one she dusts, sweeps, washes utensils, and does the laundry. For her efforts, she earns about 3,000 rupees (29 dollars) per month.
OPINION: China – The Future, After 4,000 Years of History
- Inter Press Service
Youth Unemployment, Income Inequality Keep Rising
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 06 (IPS) - The world's youth unemployment rate may be "six or seven times" what the International Labor Organisation's (ILO) latest figures state, according to a global youth advocacy group.
Zimbabwe’s Famed Forests Could Soon Be Desert
- Inter Press Service
Local Pollutants Compound Threats to Coral Reefs
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 06 (IPS) - A recent study suggests that one of the multiple threats to coral reefs contains both the problem and solution.
The Soul of Buenos Aires Is Turning Grey
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 05 (IPS) - If cities have souls, the Argentine capital's is turning more and more grey. Real estate speculation, the fencing in and paving of parks, and the installation of private bars and restaurants in public squares have changed the face of the city. Green spaces with carefully tended flower beds? Today they're found mainly in the nostalgia brought on by a classic tango song.
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