Hungry Ghost FestivalA performer walks past a traditional Chinese opera stage built next to the construction site in a public housing neighbourhood during the Hungry Ghost festival in Singapore August 7, 2014. The Hungry Ghost Festival, from July 27 to August 24, is More… |
Grain, meat prices 'a threat to world's hungry'Rising grain, meat and sugar prices pose a threat to the nearly one billion people who are undernourished, with global hunger still above pre-economic crisis levels despite the first decline in 15 years in 2010. "The recent increase in foo More… |
World's hungry top one billionThe number of hungry in the world has reached a "historic high" of more than one billion people, the UN food agency said, blaming the global financial crisis for the surge. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday "one si More… |