Daily Global Issues Brief - April 29, 2016 (headlines)
Good morning everyone, here are my top 5 news on global issues: #Yemen #explosives #Eurozone #PuertoRico #Zika and #IvoryCoast - #GoodStoryFriday: After a failed 2002 coup, Ivory Coast plunged into violence and political instability followed by a decade of tensions, and flair ups of fighting. The UN established a peacekeeping mission and imposed sanctions. Ivory Coast has since grown – democratically and economically. Today, the UN Security Council unanimously voted to lift r
Daily Global Issues Brief - April 28, 2016 (headlines)
Good morning, here are my top 5 news on global issues: climate change around the world, #Syria, #NorthKorea, #Nigeria and #Austria - Lack of water and food for more than 60 million people worldwide – that is this El Niño’s legacy. The UN warns that “worse-case scenario” is likely if the $2.2 billion funding gap for aid isn’t met. Think the current migrant crisis is bad? We’ve seen nothing yet.
- Syrian government perfected the “double-tap” tactic: bomb high
Daily Global Issues Brief - April 27, 2016 (headlines)
Good morning! Here are my top 5 news stories on global issues - Venezuela, Zanzibar (Tanzania), North Korea, South Sudan and the Philippines. - The mixture of severe drought, poor planning and mismanagement led to Venezuela’s energy crisis: rolling blackouts and a government administration that is now to work only Mondays and Tuesdays to save power. It is no surprise that the country is swept by protests and looting. -What will Kim Jong Un feature as his achievements at the u
Daily Global Issues Brief - April 26, 2016 (headlines)
Good morning, my top 5 news on global issues today are from #UK #Philippines #Turkey #Crimea and #SaudiArabia - The outcry against UK’s vote to turn its back on 3,000 unaccompanied #Syrian #refugee #children ought to be deafening! The reasoning that taking in unaccompanied children would lead to more kids being sent alone is just pure false…in the meantime, it is estimated that 10,000 children disappeared upon arriving to Europe, likely stolen by criminal gangs. That is unacc
Daily Global Issues Brief - April 25, 2016 (headlines)
Good morning, here are my top 5 news on global issues from Afghanistan, China, Burundi, the Middle East and Austria - Following the deadly attacks in Kabul, President Ghani drops the idea of peace talks with the Taliban and urges Pakistan to do the same - a sign of a harsher stance against their neighbor notoriously known for its 'unofficial' support of the terrorist group - CHINA: foreign non-governmental organizations operating in China face ambiguity with a new law that gi
Daily Global Issues Brief - April 22, 2016 (headlines)
Good morning & happy Earth Day! Today's top 5 news on global issues from China, Syria, Venezuela, Egypt and USA - CHINA nears the completion of its 1st floating nuclear power plant to supply electricity to the islands it claims in the South China Sea. Oh what could possibly go wrong with that...! - EGYPT authorities are "proactively" rounding up activists, journalists and lawyers ahead of planned demonstrations against President Sisi - Today's #GoodStoryFriday: New York City
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HELP SHAPE THEM! Case for evolving the “adapt globally, integrate locally” paradigm It was a familiar scene with yet another full-blown complex emergency at our doorsteps. The meeting participants anxiously took seats around the conference room table in the United Nations compound. An atmosphere of dignity, of importance, of profound expertise filled the room: Executive Directors, Special and Country Representatives, presidents of award-winning non-governmental organizations…
Daily Global Issues Brief - April 20, 2016 (headlines)
Good afternoon, here are my top 5 news on global issues for today - Iraq, Ecuador, Yemen, Kenya, and the United States. -KENYA: Sell the ivory & rhino horns to fund conservation efforts VS. burn them to discourage poaching. That is the annual question. Kenya is vehemently against ivory trade and therefore chooses the path of burning all endangered materials seized from poachers. What are your thoughts? -US: Ms. Harriet Tubman, a woman of profound merit, the leader of the Unde
Daily Global Issues Brief - April 19, 2016 (headlines)
Good morning, here are my top 5 news on global issues - today from Israel, Iraq, Macedonia, Colombia and Afghanistan. IRAQ - with the newest decision to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq to assist Iraqi forces' mission to retake Mosul, the number of US troops now stands at 4,000. This support isn't all that clear cut, creating ripple effects in PM Abadi's bewildered government. COLOMBIA - The Colombian Government paused the spraying of illegal coca crops after th
Daily Global Issues Brief - April 18, 2016 (headlines)
Good morning, today's top 5 news on global issues are from Syria, Ethiopia, Brazil, Georgia and Japan SYRIA: Assad's government retaking territory, Turkey fighting Kurdish rebels.. let he who is without sin in this fragile ceasefire cast the first stone...oh wait, stones aka bombs and bullets are cast unabated ETHIOPIA: What will South Sudanese government's response be when Ethiopian troops pursue the weekend's attackers into South Sudan? GEORGIA: Like a James Bond movie, Geo
