Climate change and contaminated water have combined to create an epidemic of kidney disease.
Tag: Poverty
On the Kenya-Tanzania Border, an Elephant Hunting Ban Has Collapsed
Five bulls from the area around a Kenyan wildlife reserve have been shot and killed in Tanzania in recent months. The countries have very different conservation strategies.
Amid the Stanley Cup Excitement, Edmonton’s Downtown Struggles
Edmonton’s mayor says that the issues behind homelessness, opioid overdoses and mental health crises cannot be fixed by cities.
Nigeria Confronts its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation
People in Africa’s most populous nation are suffering as the price of food, fuel and medicine has skyrocketed out of reach for many.
India’s Next Government Will Face Serious Climate Challenges
Farmers have repeatedly protested over grievances tied to global warming, a major political and economic test given the importance of India’s rural economy.
India and Pakistan Heat Wave Is a Matter of Survival for Laborers
Pakistan and India are sweltering. For laborers, not working because of the extreme temperatures can mean not eating.
Free Food? Modi Makes Sure Every Indian Knows Whom to Thank for It.
India’s welfare programs improve lives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party uses its vast machinery to ensure the handouts also create loyal voters.
A.T. Ariyaratne, a Hero in Sri Lanka for Helping the Poor, Dies at 92
He built Sarvodaya, an organization that battled dismal living conditions in his country’s villages and championed peace and mediation during a vicious civil war.
An ISIS Terror Group Draws Half Its Recruits From Tiny Tajikistan
Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people.
Takeaways From the Vatican’s Document on Human Dignity
The document restated the Roman Catholic Church’s rejection of abortion, gender fluidity and transition surgery.