
Asia Pacific Jan 14, 2021
Tigers stalk as storms and poverty force Indians deep into mangrove forests
by Devjyot Ghoshal
Local media, which closely follow tiger attacks, have reported up to 21 deaths last year, from 13 both in 2018 and 2019.
Tigers stalk as storms and poverty force Indians deep into mangrove forests
Local media, which closely follow tiger attacks, have reported up to 21 deaths last year, from 13 both in 2018 and 2019.
More afraid of hunger: COVID-19 rules causing many in Philippines to starve
Charities are struggling to meet the ever-growing demand for food as millions of families go hungry across the country.
Giving with the heart and the mind
Very few charities are outright frauds. The bigger issue is that following your heart ignores research on which charities are the most effective.
China scores big against poverty but the poor haven’t gone away
Almost 90% of the population was below the international poverty threshold in 1981, according to the World Bank; by the 2019, that was under 1%.
How the green revolution is harming Africa
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, around two billion people globally were experiencing food insecurity, and close to 750 million faced chronic or severe hunger.
Storms and pandemic raise fear of worst North Korea famine since 1990s
Three destructive typhoons, U.S.-backed sanctions and the global pandemic are fueling concern that North Korea’s 26 million people could slip back into the devastating food shortages the country faced during the rule of Kim Jong Un’s father in the 1990s. Kim said the country is ...
Celebrating 75 years of the United Nations
The U.N. and the belief in global solidarity that it embodies have never been more essential as the world finds itself in turmoil amid a virus pandemic and a recession.
First famines of coronavirus era are at world’s doorstep, U.N. warns
The first famines of the coronavirus era could soon hit four chronically food-deprived conflict areas — Yemen, South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo — the top humanitarian official of the United Nations has warned. In a letter to members of the ...
COVID-19 is spreading fast because billions don’t have water to wash with
A severe household water shortage facing two out of five people in the world is undermining efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Frequent and thorough hand washing is among the most effective measures in restricting the spread of the virus because the primary routes of ...
Global hunger and obesity are worsening due to coronavirus fallout
Hunger and malnourishment are increasing around the world as the coronavirus crisis pushes more people into poverty and limits access to healthy diets, according to the United Nations. Almost 690 million people were undernourished last year, the most since 2009, and the pandemic could tip ...
Nepal families face hunger and skip meals as pandemic hits remittances
"I skipped several evening meals to save whatever little food I had for my daughter," said Nepali housewife Shiba Kala Limbu.
U.N. warns humanitarian logistics flights at risk due to lack of donations
The United Nations warned Friday that its humanitarian logistics flights could be largely grounded in July due to a lack of funds — severely compromising global aid operations. The World Food Programme (WFP), which runs the flight network, said that only $178 million (€159 million) ...