Environment

Philippines: UN and partners seek more funding to help tropical storm survivors

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A mother in Mindanao, Philippines, feeds her baby with high-protein paste during a feeding...

For Reporter, Cruise Ship Disaster Is A Local Story

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The Costa Concordia cruise ship remains half-submerged three weeks after it crashed. It continues to be a...

Food crisis persists in Somalia despite good harvest

A good harvest and food aid inflows have improved the situation in Somalia, the United Nations said Friday declaring that the country is out of "famine" situation, while underlining need for more aid with 2.3 million people continuing to face food...

365 new species of wildlife found in Peru park

Scientists have discovered 365 previously undocumented species of wildlife in Bahuaja Sonene National Park (BSNP) in southeastern Peru.