News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 92
Towards a More Secure Future Through Effective Multilateralism
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sep 21 (IPS) - As world leaders gather in New York for the opening of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly this week, the security horizon is undoubtedly dark.
UN Agencies Call to Commit to Transforming Education in Crises
- Inter Press Service
United Nations, Sep 20 (IPS) - Refugee youth advocate, Mary Maker, called on UN member states to honor their commitments to transform education from the foundation up to the top, starting with those living in the direst and fraught circumstances.
Let’s Fight for What Counts to End AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Sep 15 (IPS) - Next week, taking place alongside the UN General Assembly, President Biden hosts a financing summit in New York of such importance that it will determine if millions of people live, will shape the world around us for years to come and will set the future direction of global health. At least $18 billion is needed to fund the work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Killings, Abductions Fuel Fear of Taliban Return in North-West Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Sep 14 (IPS) - The killing of eight people by the outlawed Tehreek Taliban Pakistan on September 13 has given credence to the fear of a new wave of terrorism in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Unsettled Lives in a Troubled World
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 14 (IPS) - Cross-continent vacations seem to be the norm once again with the lessening of COVID-19 while new cities are being built with skyscraping $4M condos shooting up in a matter of months, and just-out-of-University millennials launching into their careers with minimum start-off salaries of $75K.
Building Leadership for Teachers in the Developing World
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 13 (IPS) - If we truly want to re-imagine the role education can play in the decades to come, it is going to be indispensable to take drastic measures to elevate the role of teachers in developing countries.
As New Covid Boosters Move Forward, Better Outreach is Needed to Save US Lives
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) - This week––nearly ten months after the emergence of the Omicron variant––the United States is rolling out Covid-19 booster vaccines that specifically target newer, now-dominant strains of the virus.
Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 08 (IPS) - With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are again calling for equity to be prioritized in the international response.
Pakistans Climate Catastrophe: Lessons for the World
- Inter Press Service
HAMILTON, Canada, Sep 06 (IPS) - Monsoon flooding has occurred often in Pakistan but never to the catastrophic extent presently happening.
A distinguishing feature of this disaster is that no one blames the flooding’s unprecedented intensity and destructiveness on anything but climate heating. The clear link between the warming atmosphere and the frequency and duration of extreme weather events of this scale should not be lost on the rest of the world.
Monster Monsoon: “Pakistan and Its People Are Paying the Costs of What They Are Not Responsible For.”
- Inter Press Service
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sep 01 (IPS) - Pakistan has been going through the worst time of its recent history due to unprecedented colossal monsoon rains and devastating floods. The current floods would have been expected less than once a century, but climate experts claim that what we are seeing today is just a trailer of what’s in store for us if we don’t pay heed to climate change.
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