UN’s Word Food Programme and agriculture agency issue joint appeal for funds to avert global hunger crisis before it happens

Adugna Woyessa was a little boy the first time drought tore his country apart. As harvests failed in rain-starved regions of Ethiopia in the early 1970s, and his school turned a classroom into a grain store for farmers to send aid, he had no idea that scientists were beginning to connect the force parching its fields with cyclical shifts in trade winds that had long supercharged violent weather from South America to Australia.

The now notorious El Niño – Spanish for “little boy” – was named by fishers in the Pacific in the 1800s, but it was not until the 1970s that scientists understood its global nature and began to piece together the historical impact of the natural weather pattern characterised by hot years and brutal extremes.

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Fitness isn’t just about getting a six-pack or competing in a triathlon. These straightforward, low-intensity moves will improve your strength and mobility and make almost everything easier

There are lots of movements that make you stronger and more physically capable – press-ups, squats and kettlebell swings build strength and muscle that help in a huge variety of situations. But can you get more specific? Well, yes: there are exercises that target the challenges of everyday life, whether that’s playing on the floor with your kids or bringing in the big shop. Here are the moves you may want to consider, presented by a dozen movement coaches, personal trainers and strength specialists.

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Crews struggle to contain fire from cold-storage facility that continues to spew smoke across the metro area

Mayor Karen Bass has declared a state of emergency for the city of Los Angeles, as firefighters still struggle to contain a blaze from a cold-storage facility that continues to spew smoke across the metro area.

“This emergency declaration is crucial because Boyle Heights is not just responding to a fire. Residents have lived through days of smoke, shelter-in-place orders, disruptions to daily life, and ongoing questions about what this means for their health and well-being,” Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, who represents Boyle Heights, said in a statement.

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Na een operatie aan een rughernia is de ene patiënt „al na zes weken aan het werk, terwijl de ander na een jaar nog thuiszit met pijn”. Hoe kun je mensen toch houvast geven?.

Jetten maakte de excuses bij de inhuldiging van het monument Ulu Kora aan de Rotterdamse Lloydkade zondag, waar de eerste generatie Molukkers 75 jaar geleden aan wal kwam.

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HENGELO (ANP) - Nadine Visser heeft haar tiende optreden op de FBK Games bekroond met de winst op de 100 meter horden. De 31-jarige Noord-Hollandse atlete klokte 12,52 seconden. De Amerikaanse Alia Armstrong werd tweede in 12,60.

Visser scherpte vorig jaar augustus haar nationaal record aan tot 12,28.

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