Inflation boosts demand at US food banks as pandemic anti-hunger measures fall away
United StatesRNS At the Seven Loaves Food Pantry at St Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Plano, Texas, volunteers have been serving 800 to 1,200 families a week since the COVID-19 pandemic began – about four times the weekly traffic in 2019. At the ICNA Relief Food Pantry in Raytown, Missouri, just east of Kansas City, […]
Essay: We built an algorithm to predict how climate change will affect future conflict in the Horn of Africa – here’s what we found
In an article first published on The Conversation, Netherlands-based researchers JANNIS HOCH, NIKO WANDERS and SOPHIE DE BRUIN look at the role climate change may play in causing conflicts in the Horn of Africa in the future…
Uzbek leader blames “foreign forces” for outbreak of unrest
Tashkent, UzbekistanReuters Uzbekistan’s President blamed “foreign forces” on Wednesday for inciting unrest in the Central Asian state’s autonomous Karakalpakstan republic, where the government says 18 people were killed in violent clashes last week. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said the “unpleasant events” were a source of anguish, and the top state prosecutor would conduct a thorough investigation. […]
Postcards: Ancient Spanish village loses school, fears for its future as population dwindles
SUSANA VERA and EMMA PINEDO, of Reuters, report from Pitarque…
In exile or prison, Cuban activism gutted one year after mass protests
Havana, CubaReuters On 11th July last year, Cuba appeared poised for political change. Protests – the largest since the late Fidel Castro took power in 1959 – rocked the Communist-run island as Cubans poured onto the streets demanding social and economic reform. Protesters shout slogans against the government during a demonstration, which also involved counter-protesters […]