The world this week
James Mattis spent his last day in office as America’s defence secretary. Mr Mattis decided to step down after Donald Trump…
The world this year
America and China started a trade war, the world’s worst such dispute in decades. America imposed tariffs on $250bn-worth of…
Global Arms Sales Decreases in 2010 compared to 2009
The world spends some $1,000 billion annually on the military. How is this so? As world trade globalizes, so does the trade in…
Health and poverty; a vicious cycle
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East Africa Food Crisis 2011
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Corruption
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Climate change means ocean change
The link between climate change and biodiversity has long been established. Although throughout Earth’s history the climate…
Protests on the economic situation are global
There is no way this web site will be able to keep up with the global protests, so here are stories from Inter Press Service carried…
Inequality in the US; the top 0.1% gaining even more than top 1%
Author and Page information by Anup Shah This Page Last Updated Saturday, November 12, 2011 This page: http://www.globalissues.org/article/4/poverty-around-the-world….