Climate change is killing quality coffee. Can Vietnam’s Robusta save it? | Food

Climate change is killing quality coffee. Can Vietnam’s Robusta save it? | Food

Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam – The white-walled room in a house on the outskirts of Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam’s coffee capital, is quiet. The only thing breaking the silence is the occasional beep of an electronic scale, or the sound of coffee being poured into a measuring glass. A handful…

Maqali, a simple Syrian dish that saved a displaced family’s Ramadan iftar | Food

Maqali, a simple Syrian dish that saved a displaced family’s Ramadan iftar | Food

ِAl-Yaman Camp, Idlib, northwest Syria – Looking to make something tasty and thrifty, Bayan al-Jassem, 32, decided to reach for a staple of the Syrian kitchen, maqali (said with a glottal stop). The decision was reached a few hours before sundown on the second day of Ramadan, the holy month…

‘Reminds us of home’: An Indian kitchen serves love against bias, violence | Food

‘Reminds us of home’: An Indian kitchen serves love against bias, violence | Food

New Delhi, India – Bidotama, 26, is in the kitchen stirring peanuts in a pan. Every few minutes, she turns to her best friend, Mardza, 25, who is busy chopping tomatoes and slicing U-morok, a hot chilli variety, that will go into the special chicken curry bubbling on a two-burner…

Zambia declares national disaster after drought devastates agriculture | Climate Crisis News

Zambia declares national disaster after drought devastates agriculture | Climate Crisis News

Drought crisis brought on by El Nino and climate change will affect more than a million households, President Hakainde Hichilema says. Zambia has declared the drought the country is currently going through a national disaster, with President Hakainde Hichilema saying the lack of rain has devastated the agricultural sector, affecting…

Six children die of malnutrition in Gaza hospitals: Health Ministry | Israel War on Gaza News

Six children die of malnutrition in Gaza hospitals: Health Ministry | Israel War on Gaza News

Six children have died from dehydration and malnutrition at hospitals in northern Gaza, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian territory has said, as the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave worsens. Two children died at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the ministry said on Wednesday. Earlier it reported…

At least 576,000 people in Gaza one step away from famine, UN says | Israel War on Gaza News

At least 576,000 people in Gaza one step away from famine, UN says | Israel War on Gaza News

Officials from the United Nations have accused Israel of “systematically” blocking aid from reaching desperate Palestinians in Gaza, warning that at least one-quarter of the enclave’s population was a step away from famine without urgent action. The warnings on Tuesday came as footage from northern Gaza showed Israeli forces again…

Two-month old Palestinian boy dies of hunger amid Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Two-month old Palestinian boy dies of hunger amid Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

A two-month-old Palestinian boy has died from starvation in northern Gaza, according to media reports, days after the United Nations warned of an “explosion” in child deaths due to Israel’s war on the besieged enclave. The Shehab news agency said Mahmoud Fattouh died at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on…

How does humanitarian assistance enter Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza News

How does humanitarian assistance enter Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel denies accusations it is blocking aid deliveries as UN says people are at risk of starvation in the besieged strip. Before Israel’s war, most of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza were already dependent on humanitarian assistance. After four and a half months of a total siege, compounded…