News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 357
Child Migrants – A “Torn Artery” in Central America
- Inter Press Service
TEGUCIGALPA, Jul 18 (IPS) - The migration crisis involving thousands of Central American children detained in the United States represents the loss of a generation of young people fleeing poverty, violence and insecurity in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, the countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America where violence is rife.
Why No Vetoed Resolutions on Civilian Killings in Gaza?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (IPS) - As the civil war in Syria continues into its fourth year, the Western nations sitting on the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) have unsuccessfully tried to condemn the killings of civilians, impose punitive sanctions and accuse the Syrian government of war crimes - in four vetoed and failed resolutions.
International Reform Activists Dissatisfied by BRICS Bank
- Inter Press Service
FORTALEZA, Brazil, Jul 17 (IPS) - The creation of BRICS' (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) own financial institutions was "a disappointment" for activists from the five countries, meeting in this northeastern Brazilian city after the group's leaders concluded their sixth annual summit here.
U.N.'s New Development Goals Must Also Be Measurable for Rich
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) - The United Nations is on the verge of releasing a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - perhaps 17 or more - to replace the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which will run out by the end of 2015.
South Sudanese Children Starving While Aid Falling Short
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 15 (IPS) - Even as aid workers are warning that children in South Sudan are falling victim to mass malnutrition, international agencies are said to be missing their fundraising goals to avert a looming famine in the country.
OPINION: Why Asia-Europe Relations Matter in the 21st Century
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Jul 14 (IPS) - Hopes are high that the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting – or ASEM summit – to be held in Milan on October 16-17 will confirm the credibility and relevance of Asia-Europe relations in the 21st century.
From Tigers to Barbers: Tales of Sri Lanka’s Ex-Combatants
- Inter Press Service
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Jul 14 (IPS) - People are willing to wait a long time for a few minutes in the hands of Aloysius Patrickeil, a 32-year-old barber who is part-owner of a small shop close to the northern town of Kilinochchi, 320 km from Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.
Proposed Arms Embargo on Syria a Political Mockery
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 (IPS) - When the 15-member Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, fails to resolve a military conflict, it invariably exercises one of its tried, and mostly failed, options: punish the warring parties by imposing punitive sanctions.
Future of Rwanda’s Orphans Still Uncertain
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Jul 11 (IPS) - Every day, 14-year-old Deborah wakes up in an orphanage, goes to school, and comes home to an orphanage. It does not matter when or for how long she leaves the orphanage, she always knows she'll be back.
OPINION: Unleashing African Young People’s Potential
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jul 10 (IPS) - An African proverb says "a child that we refuse to build today will end up selling the house that we may build tomorrow."
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