INTERNATIONAL AID AND DEVELOPMENT: AS CRISES MULTIPLY, WHAT ARE AID GROUPS’ PRIORITIES FOR 2019?
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, polls aid groups on what they have as priorities in the coming year…
From obese to starving, nutrition crisis prompts SOS call for new approach
Thomson Reuters Foundation With billions of people either starving or obese, poor diets have become a leading cause of disease and death, prompting calls for a new approach in 2019 to how food is produced to stem rising rates of malnutrition. Eating unhealthy food, or not having enough food, has led to rising rates of […]
EDITORIAL: WELCOMING 2019!
Sight editor DAVID ADAMS welcomes in the new year…
At least 50 killed in floods and landslides following storm in Philippines
At least 56 people have reportedly died in landslides and floods following a damaging storm in the country’s east. Police said most of the victims died in landslides and have expressed fears the death toll could grow. They said most people died in landslides. More than 22,000 people in six provinces have reportedly been displaced […]