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UN Conference on Trade and Development Warns Global Economy is in "Fragile State" A report released from a UN group calls the global economy "fragile" and urges action on trade, tax and debt policies to improve economic growth. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) annual "Trade and Development Report" notes rising debt and inequality levels. The report warns that current economic challenges may be more difficult to manage than the 2008 global financial crisis.... Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:12AM
The Shortwave Report 09/23/16 Listen Globally! A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK World Radio Japan, Sputnik Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and Spanish National Radio.... Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:36PM
Thousand of Activists Call for Protection of Silky Sharks at U.N. Wildlife Conference This week conservationists delivered a petition signed by 15,002 global citizens to the Presidents of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala calling on them to support greater protections for silky sharks at an upcoming world wildlife conservation meeting.... Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:17AM
St Cloud Mall Incident Likely Caused by Cell Phone Sale Dispute The suspect and mobile phone selling kiosk owners had a dispute about a cell phone sale and a fight broke out between the suspect and kiosk owners.... Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:11AM
Growth Criticism and Reduced Working Hours Today's growth critics speak of the necessity of a post-growth society, a "renunciation society" or at least a "green" capitalism model. Meanwhile, 1.6 earths would be necessary because humanity exploits natural resources faster than the earth can generate them (cf. recent accounts of Earth Overshoot Day)... A political transformation process is necessary. The economist John Maynard Keynes dreamt of a time when his grandchildren would only face a 15 hour work week.... Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:58AM
The Shortwave Report 09/16/16 Listen Globally! A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Spanish National Radio, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK World Radio Japan.... Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:26PM
Mozambique President Meets IMF and World Bank As Debt and Corruption Concerns Loom Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi is in Washington for a series of meetings with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Secretary John Kerry and US AID's Gayle Smith.... Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:41AM
Lawsuit Launched to Protect West Coast Whales From Dying in Nets Conservation groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect endangered whales from mile-long drift gillnets and strings of sablefish pots off the West Coast. After two years of record reports of whales entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast — more than 60 in 2015 alone — 40 whales were reportedly entangled as of June 30, putting 2016 on pace to break records again. New information indicates that one humpback whale population that migrates f... Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:36AM
Pacific Island nations lead in ratification of Paris Agreement on climate change The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting has concluded in Pohnpei in the Marshall Islands. A major focus of this meeting was action on climate change following Paris and COP21 demonstrating further leadership by small island nations on this issue which affects us all.... Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:17PM
New Report Links Zika Virus to Steep Increase in Birth Defects in Brazil A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention connects the spreading Zika virus to a significant increase in birth defects in Brazil. According to the study, birth defects involving the nervous system nearly doubled after Zika arrived in Brazil, and researchers linked the virus' spread to poverty and living conditions in Northeast Brazil.... Posted: Fri Sep 9, 2016 8:36AM
The Shortwave Report 09/09/16 Listen Globally! A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Spanish National Radio, Sputnik Radio, and Radio Havana Cuba.... Posted: Thu Sep 8, 2016 5:13PM
Oil Giant Enbridge to Purchase Gas Behemoth Spectra Deal Would Create One of the Largest Corporate Polluters in the Country... Posted: Thu Sep 8, 2016 5:13PM
Silky Sharks Singled Out as Species to Protect at International Conservation Meeting in Ha This week, participants at an international conservation meeting in Hawaii set a new bar in the conservation of imperiled sharks by overwhelming voting in favor of a resolution to increase protections for silky sharks, a species facing dangerous declines due to industrial fishing practices. The resolution, advanced by Turtle Island Restoration Network, PRETOMA, and Nakawe Project at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, received 95 percent fav... Posted: Thu Sep 8, 2016 9:13AM
Karrada Anti-Terror Call in Iraqi Film After the repeated bomb attacks against Iraqi civilians in Karrada, Baghdad, the Iraqi community of Canada is using the art of film, to issue a global warning against terrorism.... Posted: Wed Sep 7, 2016 4:11AM
Russia: Blogger jailed for playing Pokémon Go in a cathedral must be immediately released The detention of Ruslan Sokolovsky, a Russian blogger from Yekaterinburg (Urals region) who was sentenced to administrative arrest for two months after posting a video of himself playing Pokémon Go in a church is a farcical attack on freedom of expression, said Amnesty International.... Posted: Wed Sep 7, 2016 12:08AM
Seven Ways You Can Support Academics In Turkey Academics in Turkey are under a vicious attack by the Erdogan government. Here are 7 ways you can support them.... Posted: Tue Sep 6, 2016 9:57AM
U.S. unilaterally claims control of Papahanaumokuakea maritime area This week President Obama declared a gigantic expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Monument. While obviously significant in preservation of marine life and ocean ecological system, this unprecedented--and apparently unilateral--"sea grab" of over half a million square miles should certainly raise quite a few critical questions and eyebrows, regarding sovereignty, geo-political manipulation, and even military opportunism.... Posted: Fri Sep 2, 2016 4:03PM
US and Puerto Rico Faith Groups Send Congress Recommendations on Island's Crisis Religious leaders in Puerto Rico and Jubilee USA urged a new Congressional task force to reform US laws to promote economic growth in Puerto Rico.... Posted: Fri Sep 2, 2016 1:26PM
Dossiê da Corrupção no DEINFRA A Operação Estradão (#OpEstradão) do Anonymous contra o maior esquema de corrupção do governo estadual de Santa Catarina, existente no Departamento Estadual de Infrastrutura.... Posted: Thu Sep 1, 2016 6:34PM |