News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 353
Aleppo Struggles to Provide for Basic Needs as Regime Closes In
- Inter Press Service
ALEPPO, Syria, Aug 11 (IPS) - The single, heavily damaged supply road remaining into the rebel-held, eastern area of the city is acutely exposed to enemy fire.
Nepal’s Poor Live in the Shadow of Natural Disasters
- Inter Press Service
BANKE, Nepal, Aug 11 (IPS) - Barely 100 km north of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, the settlement of Jure, which forms part of the village of Mankha, has become a tragic example of how the country's poorest rural communities are the first and worst victims of natural disasters.
Qualified Backing for Obama’s Iraq Intervention
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 09 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama's authorisation of limited military action in northern Iraq, announced in a national television address late Thursday night, has so far received support – albeit highly qualified in some cases -- from across the mainstream political spectrum.
Israel Bites Hand that Feeds, U.S. Feeds Hand that Bites
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - There is an age-old axiom in politics, says a cynical Asian diplomat, that you don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Will Obama’s “New Africa” Deliver on Its Promises?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 07 (IPS) - As the three-day U.S- Africa Leaders Summit here drew to a close Wednesday, experts across the private, public and non-profit sectors continued to debate the opportunities and obstacles posed by the U.S' expanding business partnership with Africa.
Asia Looks to Innovation to Achieve Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Aug 06 (IPS) - Innovation in the fields of renewable energy, food production, water conservation, education and health will be crucial for the developing economies of Asia to meet the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Hezbollah Tacitly Accepted for the Sake of Lebanese Stability
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Aug 05 (IPS) - Concerns about supporting a national army collaborating with a ‘terrorist organisation' in Lebanon have in recent times been superseded by threats inherent in growing regional conflict.
Cameroon Wants the World to Wake Up to the Smell of its Coffee
- Inter Press Service
KOUOPTOMO, Cameroon, Aug 05 (IPS) - Issah Mounde Nsangou combs his 6.5-hectare Kouoptomo coffee plantation in Cameroon's West Region, pulling up unwanted weeds and clipping off parasitic plants. For the 50-year-old farmer, the health of his coffee plants are of prime importance.
U.N.'s "Responsibility to Protect" Another Casualty in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 04 (IPS) - When world political leaders met at the United Nations back in 2005, they unanimously adopted a resolution affirming the principle of "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P), aimed primarily at safeguarding innocent civilians from war crimes, genocide, mass atrocities and ethnic cleansing.
Will Climate Change Lead to Conflict or Cooperation?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 04 (IPS) - The headline of every article about the relationship between climate change and conflict should be "It's complicated," according to Clionadh Raleigh.
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