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Nov 12 (IPS) - An anecdote tells, never sufficiently confirmed, that in the hardest moments of the Second World War when Stalin was dictating his orders of battle to his subordinates, he was told that perhaps it would be advisable to consult with the Pope. The Soviet dictator replied: "And how many armored divisions does the Pope have?" Read the full story, “The Armored Divisions of the European Union”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/35qhtus

Nov 01 (IPS) - It has been nine months since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a "public health emergency of international concern" . Since then, more than 44 million cases have been recorded and over one million lives lost. Economic costs measure in trillions of dollars. Global recovery will take years. Read the full story, “COVID-19: A Global Survey Shows Worrying Signs of Vaccine Hesitancy”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/3jPhgVJ

MEXICO CITY, Aug 31 (IPS) - A Mexican solar energy cooperative, Onergia, seeks to promote decent employment, apply technological knowledge and promote alternatives that are less polluting than fossil fuels, in one of the alternative initiatives with which Mexico is seeking to move towards an energy transition. Read the full story, “Energy Cooperatives Swim Against the Tide in Mexico”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2Gf7NJc

KATHMANDU, Aug 31 (IPS) - Even as Nepali workers stranded overseas face confusion and uncertainty during the Covid-19 crisis, labour reforms in Qatar – including an increase in the minimum wage announced in Doha on Sunday — may have lasting implications for migrants there. Read the full story, “Nepal Welcomes Qatar Labour Reform”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2YTy2vf

UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (IPS) - A future repetition of the current COVID-19 pandemic is preventable with massive cooperation on international and local levels and by ensuring biological diversity preservation around the world, experts recently said. Read the full story, “Ensuring Biodiversity Now will Prevent Pandemics Later”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/3c5R8Cb

ROME, May 26 (IPS) - Hunger and food insecurity continue to rise. The official 2019 statistics refer to 821 million people suffering from hunger all over the world. According the recently launched Global Report on Food Crises , there are further 135 million people facing crisis levels of hunger or worse. Read the full story, “Innovation Is an Imperative - for Sustainable Food Systems”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/3cbD1LG

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Apr 29 (IPS) - The world is at risk of widespread famines caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The devastating economic impact of Covid-19 is seeing a huge rise globally in the number of hungry people. Read the full story, “Amid Covid-19 Hunger Fear Mounts in Bangladesh”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/35gfAPi

BUENOS AIRES, Apr 29 (IPS) - On April 17, the Alberto Ángel Fernández administration in Argentina officially unveiled its offer for debt restructuring on USD 66 billion foreign currency-denominated bonds. Starting on that date, the offer is valid for 20 days, a period during which difficult negotiations with bondholders are expected to take place. Based on the first reactions from some of creditor groups, one could well get the sense that the offer is "dead on arrival." Read the full story, “Argentina’s Debt Restructuring “Groundhog Day”… or Maybe Not? Three Key Points”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2VPoUGK

BUENOS AIRES, Apr 28 (IPS) - Andrés Chambouleyron is non-resident fellow at the Institute of the AmericasElectricity demand normally depends on such variables as retail electricity rates, daytime temperature, time and day of the week, economic activity and consumer type ( i.e. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.). Read the full story, “Electricity Demand During Lockdown: Evidence from Argentina”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2zFitxq

ROME, Apr 28 (IPS) - Marco V. Sánchez Cantillo Deputy-Director, Agricultural Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsMany uncertainties haunt the world's campaign to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing is now sure: Global economic activity will suffer greatly, with large-scale consequences for the incomes and welfare of all, but especially for the most vulnerable food import-dependent countries. Read the full story, “Understanding the Hunger Surge Caused by the COVID-19 Recession to Mitigate It Before It Is Too Late”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2VKp8Pg

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 27 (IPS) - Censorship, smear campaigns and harassment. These are just some of the daily struggles that media professionals are facing in Hungary. And now the threat of jail time may be looming. In the context of World Press Freedom Day, there is little to celebrate in the Eastern Bloc region. Read the full story, “On World Press Freedom Day, the EU Must Rescue Media Independence in Hungary Before It’s Too Late”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/3bM8mF2

Mar 07 (IPS) - Ignacio López-Goñi is microbiologist and works in University of Navarra (Spain).Regardless of whether we classify the new coronavirus as a pandemic, it is a serious issue. In less than two months, it has spread over several continents. Pandemic means sustained and continuous transmission of the disease, simultaneously in more than three different geographical regions. Pandemic does not refer to the lethality of a virus but to its transmissibility and geographical extension. Read the full story, “Coronavirus: Ten Reasons Why You Ought Not to Panic”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/38BH3uF

Mar 06 (IPS) - Laila Malik is Information, Communication and Media Coordinator, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)In November 2019, thousands of Chileans took to the streets to perform an anti-rape, anti-femicide choreography organized by a small feminist collective called Las Tesis. The group created the choreographed chant in response to an upswing in violence against women and human rights violations in Chile, where 42 cases of sexual abuse are reported to the police each day, with only around 25% resulting in judicial rulings. Read the full story, “Feminists Rewrite Their Realities Across the Global Map”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2VYhn8S

HARARE, Mar 05 (IPS) - Women are the face of HIV in Africa, yet four of every 10 persons living with HIV in East and Southern Africa are men . Despite higher rates of HIV infection among women, more men living with HIV are dying . Read the full story, “Target Men to Reach Our HIV Goals”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ilge3d

RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 05 (IPS) - "Slave labour is not declining; it has taken on new forms and is growing; it expanded to new sectors where it did not previously exist," said Ivanete da Silva Sousa, an activist in the fight against modern-day slavery in northern Brazil. Read the full story, “Slavery Modernises, Adapts to Stay Alive in Brazil”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2VMctf8

STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 03 (IPS) - "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community. They were immediately silenced, but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots." 1                                                                                                                   ...

NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (IPS) - Paradoxically, when the number of people suffering from undernourishment or hunger has risen in the world, so, too, have those afflicted by overweight and obesity. Latin America's second largest economy, Mexico, for instance, is currently battling one of the world's largest epidemics of obesity and its success is bound to be emulated by countries of the South. The numbers involved are staggering. The director-general of the National Institute of Public Health, Dr Juan Rivera told the Financial Times that "seventy five percent of adults and 35 percent of children and adolescents are overweight or obese… The State has a duty to protect public health." Read the full story, “Mexico’s Battle with Obesity”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2VuNCML

ABUJA, Feb 25 (IPS) - Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a medical doctor, the CEO of EpiAFRIC, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Nigeria Health WatchRecently, Nigerian feminist author Ukamaka Olisakwe  spoke  about her post-partum depression after giving birth in the city of Aba, southeast Nigeria. This follows her 2019  Longreads  essay, in which she narrated painful details of her experience.  Read the full story, “Let’s prevent post-partum depression and provide care to those in need”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/37VX8Lv

ROME, Feb 24 (IPS) - "The world out there is watching and waiting for results," Elizabeth Maruma Mrema warns while talking to IPS regarding the preservation of biodiversity of our planet. Read the full story, “Preserving World’s Biodiversity: Negotiations Convene at FAO Headquarters”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2PjTzbq

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 21 (IPS) - There is no country that is on the right path to ensure the safety, health and proper environment for their children, an explosive report has claimed.  Read the full story, “No Country On track to Ensuring a Better Future for its Children”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2VeptKm