nbsp ldquo We are the first generation that can end poverty and the last generation that can avoid the worst impacts of climate change rdquo UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told this to a conference of 60 scientists and academicians political leaders including the Presidents of Italy and Ec
As aftershocks continue to terrify survivors thousands of whom are living in tent cities that have sprung up in open spaces in the Nepal capital of Kathmandu the death toll continues to climb mdash now more than 4 000 are believed to have been killed more than 9 000 have been injured and thousand
The Jesuit Refugee Service expressed disappointment today with the measures announced by the European Union to respond to the accelerating migrant crisis in the Mediterranean describing the outcome after meetings in Brussels as ldquo a lost opportunity rdquo James Stapleton J R S International
While the world rsquo s attention was focused on the outbreak of deadly xenophobic attacks in South Africa another deplorable murder took place Eighty-six-year-old Missionary Sister of the Precious Blood Stefani Tiefenbacher was allegedly gang raped and murdered in her bedroom Police are waiting