Famine
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February 25, 2021, Thursday
UN: Yemen faces world's worst famine and needs $3.85 billion
Conflict-torn Yemen is falling off a cliff and will face the worst famine the world has seen for decades unless donors, and ...
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December 01, 2020, Tuesday
2021 to see 40% surge in people needing humanitarian aid due to Covid: UN
The UN humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of Covid-19, ...
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November 15, 2020, Sunday
UN World Food Program warns 2021 is going to be worse than 2020
The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the UN agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world ...
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May 29, 2020, Friday
Chronicler of distress from another time
Mumbai-based Chittaprosad reported on the Bengal famine after he was asked by the Communist Party of India for their journal, ...
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May 29, 2020, Friday
Covid-19 may cause hunger, famine, $8.5 trn loss in global output: UN chief
Guterres told the high-level meeting that the UN is asking for immediate, collective action in six critically important areas to ...
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April 16, 2020, Thursday
Immigrant chronicles
We learn about Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy who traded in opium, earned a fortune, and donated generously to charities during the ...
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September 24, 2018, Monday
Google, Amazon, Microsoft plan to fight famine in developing nations via AI
The tech firms 'will use the predictive power of data to trigger funding' to take action before it becomes a crisis
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July 07, 2017, Friday
Despite global output surplus, chronic food shortage a reality for millions
In 2017, 70 mn people are likely to be food insecure; of them 20 mn are at an imminent risk of death
