Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight
Khartoum, Sudan Reuters Millions more Sudanese are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and reduce harvests, with a halt to foreign assistance and the war in Ukraine putting food supplies at further risk. The rising levels of hunger forecast by United Nations agencies threaten to further […]
Essay: What countries have nuclear weapons, and where are they?
With the spectre of nuclear weapons raised by the war in Ukraine, MILES A POMPER and VASILII TUGANOV, of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, look – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what countries have them…
Orban scores crushing victory as Ukraine war solidifies support
Budapest, HungaryReuters Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban looked set for a fourth consecutive win in Sunday’s election, as voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, “illiberal” state and shrugged off concerns over Budapest’s close ties with Moscow. Russia’s 24th February invasion of Ukraine had appeared to upend Orban’s campaign in recent weeks, forcing him […]
Postcards: Activists seek to preserve ‘sacred’ land Japanese immigrants acquired before California’s anti-immigrant land laws
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on efforts to preserve only surviving Japanese American properties that was acquired before California enacted the Alien Land Law in 1913 barring Asian immigrants from owning land…
Protesters in Sri Lanka defy curfew, police fire tear gas at students
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Protesters in the Sri Lanka’s largest city Colombo held numerous small, peaceful demonstrations over a severe economic crisis on Sunday, defying a nationwide curfew, while police used tear gas to disperse student protesters in the central city of Kandy. A senior police official said officers used tear gas and water cannons to […]