Stories tagged "starvation"

Saying North Korea had agreed to adhere to nuclear concessions, the U.S. removed the country from a list of terrorism sponsors.

While the audacity of a band of Somali pirates who recently hijacked a ship has grabbed the world’s attention, the suffering of millions of Somalis seems to go unnoticed.

North Korea has reportedly invented a noodle that delays hunger, amid UN warnings of possible famine.vThe noodles were made from corn and soybeans, the Choson Shinbo said. They left people feeling fuller longer and represented a technological breakthrough

An array of intelligence analysts, Asian and American scholars, specialists in think tanks, and workers in relief organizations have renewed speculation that the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-il is in danger of collapsing because that nation is on the b

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The world's supplies of clean, fresh water cannot sustain today's "profligate" use and inadequate management, which have brought shrinking food supplies and rising food costs to most countries, WWF Director General James Leape told the

Nearly a quarter-century ago, an outright famine led to Live Aid, an international fund-raising effort promoted by rock stars, which produced an outpouring of global generosity: millions of tons of food flooded into the country. Yet, ironically, that v...

Gordon Brown and other world leaders sat down to an 18-course gastronomic extravaganza at a G8 summit in Japan, which is focusing on the food crisis.

Food prices have been increasing sharply since 2005. According to the World Bank, global food prices have climbed by 83% over the last three years. The real price of rice rose to a 19-year high in March 2008―an increase of 50% in two weeks alone...

For years it's been said that globalization has a so-called dark underbelly. It has, but the question now is whether the rest of it is in any better shape.

Bayer opened a $10 million lab aiming to create hardier and higher-yielding varieties of rice. The laboratory will focus on creating rice strains that are 30 per cent more productive than current varieties. These hybrids will also be disease resistant.