News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 312
U.S. Urged to Ramp up Aid for Agent Orange Clean-Up Efforts in Vietnam
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 29 (IPS) - A key senator and a D.C.-based think tank are calling for Washington to step up its aid in cleaning up toxic herbicides sprayed by the United States in Vietnam during the war that ended 40 years ago.
Opinion: The ACP at 40 – Repositioning as a Global Player
- Inter Press Service
Donors Pledge Over 4.4 Billion Dollars to Nepal - But With a Caveat
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - Blessed with more than 4.4 billion dollars in pledges at an international donor conference in Kathmandu on Thursday, the government of Nepal is expected to launch a massive reconstruction project to rebuild the earthquake-devastated South Asian nation.
Ghosts Of War Give Way to Development in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, Jun 26 (IPS) - It is an oasis from the scorching heat outside. The three-storey, centrally air-conditioned Cargills Square, a major mall in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna town, is the latest hangout spot in the former warzone, where everyone from teenagers to families to off-duty military officers converge.
Billions Pledged for Nepal Reconstruction – But Still No Debt Relief
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - A major donor conference in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, came to a close on Jun. 25 with foreign governments and aid agencies pledging three billion dollars in post-reconstruction funds to the struggling South Asian nation.
Journalists Pay the Price in Egypt's Crackdown on Dissent
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 25 (IPS) - The Egyptian government is holding a record number of journalists in jail, a press freedom group said Thursday, despite promises to improve media freedoms in the country.
Heat Wave Picking Off Pakistan’s Urban Poor
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Jun 25 (IPS) - Over 950 people have perished in just five days. The morgues, already filled to capacity, are piling up with bodies, and in over-crowded hospitals the threat of further deaths hangs in the air.
The U.N. at 70: United Nations Disappoints on Its 70th Anniversary - Part Two
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 25 (IPS) - While member states, weakened in the neoliberal era, have pulled back from the U.N. and cut its budgets, a charity mentality has arisen at the world body. Corporations and the mega-rich have flocked to take advantage of the opportunity. They have looked for a quietly commanding role in the organisation's political process and hoped to shape the institution to their own priorities.
The U.N. at 70: United Nations Disappoints on Its Seventieth Anniversary - Part One
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 24 (IPS) - It is hard to imagine today the public enthusiasm that greeted the founding of the U.N. in 1945. After massive suffering and social collapse resulting from the Second World War, the U.N. seemed almost miraculous – a means at last to build peace, democracy, and a just society on a global scale.
Security Council Action on Gaza War Crimes a Non-Starter
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 24 (IPS) - When a U.N. panel released a 217-page report accusing both Israel and Hamas of possible war crimes committed during the 50-day conflict in Gaza last July, the chances of Security Council action were remote because of the traditional U.S. commitment to stand by Israel – right or wrong, mostly wrong.
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