"2 million dead by the end of the year": Ex-USAID chief says aid cuts will kill starving children
In the wake of USAID’s shuttering by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, those familiar with USAID’s work have ...
A guide to Boston’s Irish Heritage Trail
A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.
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What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly
The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...
The Forgotten Apocalypse Of A.D. 536—A Biologist’s Take On The ‘Worst Year To Be Alive’
The A.D. 536 eruption of an Arctic volcano was so massive that civilizations fell and undying myths took shape. But that's ...
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UN rights chief warns of 'mass deaths from famine' in Sudan
"Sudan is a powder keg, on the verge of a further explosion into chaos, and at increasing risk of atrocity crimes and mass deaths from famine," he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. "The danger ...
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Sudan's Perilous Path: Escalating Conflict and Famine Threat
In a dire warning, the U.N. human rights chief alerted the international community to the escalating conflict in Sudan, which poses a growing risk of mass famine. Speaking to the Human Rights Council ...
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UN rights chief warns of 'mass deaths from famine' in Sudan
"Sudan is a powder keg, on the verge of a further explosion into chaos, and at increasing risk of atrocity crimes and mass deaths from famine," he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.