News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 320
EU to Focus on Human Trafficking Amid Mediterranean Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - Speaking at the U.N. Security Council, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, called on the international community to take urgent steps to end the Mediterranean crisis and dismantle the human smuggling rings that facilitate it.
Q&A: Nuclear Disarmament a Non-Starter, "But I Would Love to Be Proven Wrong"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - Albert Einstein, the internationally-renowned physicist who developed the theory of relativity, once famously remarked: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Migrants Between Scylla and Charybdis
- Inter Press Service
AUGUSTA, Syracuse, Italy, May 11 (IPS) - Not even a month has passed since over 700 hundred migrants lost their lives in their attempt to reaching the shores of Italy and the media spotlights have already faded on the island of Sicily, Italy's southern region and main gateway to Europe.
Caribbean Looks to Paris Climate Summit for Its Very Survival
- Inter Press Service
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, May 09 (IPS) - Caribbean leaders on Saturday further advanced their policy position on climate change ahead of the 21st Conference of Parties, also known as COP 21, scheduled for Paris during November and December of this year.
The Biggest Lessons Nepal Will Take Away From This Tragedy
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, May 08 (IPS) - There has never been any doubt that Nepal is sitting on one of the most seismically active areas in South Asia. The fact that, when the big one struck, damages and deaths would be catastrophic has been known for years.
Opinion: South-South Cooperation Vital for Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, May 08 (IPS) - Sustainable development is central to a range of key discussions at the United Nations and elsewhere at the moment.
Kerry Brings Promise of 45 Million Dollars for Kenya’s Massive Refugee Camp
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 05 (IPS) - At a meeting with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry this week pledged an extra 45 million dollars for the U.N. which is sheltering over a half million refugees fleeing civil unrest, terrorism and violence in Somalia and South Sudan.
Urban Slums a Death Trap for Poor Children
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 05 (IPS) - It's called the urban survival gap – fuelled by the growing inequality between rich and poor in both developing and developed countries – and it literally determines whether millions of infants will live or die before their fifth birthday.
Families in Quake-Hit Nepal Desperate to Get on With Their Lives
- Inter Press Service
KAVRE DISTRICT, Nepal, May 05 (IPS) - Just over a week after a dreadful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal, displaced families are gradually – but cautiously – resuming their normal lives, though most are still badly shaken by the disaster and the proceeding aftershocks that devastated the country.
EU Calls for Paradigm Shift in Development Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, May 05 (IPS) - In the run-up to the international Conference on Financing for Development from Jul. 13 to 16 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the European Union has called for a "true paradigm shift" in global development cooperation.
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