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Sunday 29 November 2020
Over 3.5 million people may soon be added to the eight million Yemenis already facing starvation — more than half of them children.
Experts have looked into the impact using such weapons would have on a nation’s population and resources.
The thousands of death has been called a “breeding failure” by experts.
Researchers studied over 150,000 people for more than 45 years.
She was only allowed to shower once or twice a week and could only use the condominium’s common toilet.
Amnesty says their new report reveals a “hidden, monstrous campaign” at Saydnaya prison.
“He didn’t cry and there were no tears, just stiff”.
The boy’s mother, Magdelena Luczak, hanged herself in a separate prison last year.
Last week video footage emerged which showed emaciated children who were among those trapped in the town.
Prosecutors allege Data Toria Hancock was not given adequate food and medical care.
The advertisement was found in the archives of the Washington Herald from 24 March 1921.
The Minister also intervened with the banks and requested they provide more credit to farmers in need.
All six horses had died or had to be humanely destroyed because of starvation and neglect.
While some of the animals are microchipped, the information is held across across 10 databases to which the DSPCA have limited access.
A major survey carried out by the charity Save the Children has highlighted the problem of child malnutrition.
Catch up on the day’s biggest news stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.
Jade Sanders and Lamont Thomas from Atlanta were found guilty of murder and child cruelty after limiting their baby’s diet to soy milk and apple juice.
Countries in East Africa are in the grip of the worst drought in 60 years, with millions facing starvation.
A photo-essay from Oxfam in Ethiopia and a first-hand account from a Concern worker in Somalia paint a stark picture of the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in 60 years.
Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are close to yet another famine, after their driest period in around 60 years.
THE DEATH OF David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader, was announced this morning.
The on-screen character for which he was most famous (voiced by James Earl Jones) is often hailed as the most villainous of all movie bad guys.
But for the day that’s in it, we’re wondering if that’s a fair assessment. Today we’re asking: Who is the greatest movie villain of all time?
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