Trade : WTO rules US failed to fully comply in Boeing dispute (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
A compliance panel at the World Trade Organisation has ruled that the United States has failed to comply with an earlier ruling that had called on it to take appropriate steps to remove the adverse effects of, or withdraw, the subsidies that it has granted to its aircraft manufacturer Boeing.

United Nations : The "shocking" reality of child marriage in the US (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
While stories of child marriage are commonly associated with the Global South, lesser known are the cases closer to home: in the United States.

Bolivia : Solar tents improve nutrition in highland villages (PRIV)
(IPS, Phuyuwasi)
In this remote highlands valley community in central Bolivia, a group of Quechua indigenous women have learned how to combat the intense frosts and the shortage of water in solar tents, and to use what they grow to prepare nutritious new meals for their families.