Meeting in Geneva of various UN services to coordinate the humanitarian response in Afghanistan for the year 2022, January 10, 2022. DENIS BALIBOUSE / REUTERS The United Nations has asked for a record $ 5 billion to fund aid to Afghanistan this year and secure a future for a country threatened by humanitarian disaster. It’s … Read more
I think that the Netherlands should not throw its rich agricultural history overboard. I do not feel alone in that wish. It’s not just about the area where I was born and where my future as a farmer lies. Many more people feel connected to their region and do not want everything to be decided … Read more
On the banks of the drained Duwaysat Dam outside the town of Al-Diriyah, Syria, November 9, 2021. ABDULAZIZ KETAZ / AFP The most optimistic still want to believe that the agricultural northeast of Syria is facing a lag in the winter season. But, for some humanitarians and experts, the northern zone has entered a serious … Read more
Vicente Fernandez at the Latin Grammy Awards on November 14, 2019 in Las Vegas. CHRIS PIZZELLO / CHRIS PIZZELLO / INVISION / AP Vicente Fernandez is dead, and a whole country is in mourning. Mexico mourns its king of popular song, star of mariachi orchestras, who died Sunday, December 12, the day of the pilgrimage … Read more