Election day here in the United States is still about one month away. But in New York today, the General Assembly is set to select new members of the Security Council for two year stints. UPDATE: The results are in. UPDATE II: Canadian recriminations begin! UPDATE III: Canadian recriminations get personal.
The Floods Emergency Response Plan and Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan are funded at 33 percent and 46 percent respectively. That's not even half of what the international community says is required to meet basic needs of people affected by the floods.
Does awarding Liu Xiaobo the prize provide a boon to Chinese liberals or does it embolden Beijing hardliners who pursue what the west might consider an antagonistic foreign policies?
From corn starch pressed into pills masquerading as anti-malarials, to teething syrups with an extra helping of chemicals found in anti-freeze, counterfeit products put patients at risk of harmful health outcomes.
I speak with Melanie Teff, one of co-authors of a new Refugees International report about the condition of Haiti's IDPs. She paints a very bleak picture of the plight of nearly 1 million Haitians displaced by the earthquake nearly ten months ago.
We rarely talk about cancer as a disease that plagues the developing world. But cancer is there, just like it is everywhere. And there are far too few treatment options for the afflicted.
In a report out today, the World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization classify 22 countries as suffering from what they call "protracted crisis." Which countries make the cut and why?
