Lionel Rosenblatt, whose advocacy for refugees began with derring-do in Vietnam, dies at 82

BANGKOK — Lionel Rosenblatt, who as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer carried out an unauthorized evacuation of hundreds of ...
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Sudan enters a fourth year of war as officials lament an ‘abandoned crisis’

Famine. Massacres. And now badly needed food and other supplies are under strain. Sudan on Wednesday enters a fourth year of ...

How War in the Middle East Paralyzed an Asian Food Giant

Vietnam, the world’s No. 2 rice exporter, cut production as power prices surged. Even with a temporary cease-fire in Iran, ...
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Lionel Rosenblatt, advocate for refugees, dies at 82

Lionel Rosenblatt, a prominent advocate for refugee rights and a key figure in the evacuation of Vietnamese citizens during ...

Why America's plans for Iran ground troops spark déjà vu, and grave fears: How US invasions have gone since World War 2

Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam on list of US ground invasions; also cited as cautionary tales by analysts ...

How West Asia war paralysed an Asian food giant and disrupted global supply

Vietnam, the world's No 2 rice exporter, cut production as power prices surged. Even with a temporary cease-fire in Iran, ...

‘Will be hit hard’: World on brink of food crisis as fertiliser shock stokes famine fears

Fuel prices plunged by more than 15 per cent after US President Donald Trump proclaimed a ceasefire with Iran.
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How war in the Middle East paralysed an Asian food giant

The scarcity of fuel and fertiliser is affecting production in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta Read more at The Business Times.

When Americans in Ireland are pretending to be Canadian, something’s amiss

BAILE na nGALL, Ireland — In English, the name of this village in West Kerry is Ballydavid. But its legal name is taken from ...

Initially welcomed in Minnesota, immigrants fleeing violence are finding it harder to stay

For more than half a century, Minnesota welcomed immigrants fleeing war, ethnic violence and famine. From Southeast Asians ...

Trump is surrendering America’s moral leadership

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Donald Trump wrote early on Tuesday. Two days earlier, he had warned in an expletive-laden post that “Tuesday will be Power ...

Going, going, gone: What it means to be a ‘failed’ state

The term has re-emerged as war rages in the Middle East. But what qualifies as a failed state – and why are they such a worry ...