25/03/2018
124 million people in 51 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity, warns new report
Rome, 22 March 2018 (FAO)* – A new report out today sounds the alarm regarding surging levels of acute hunger. Some 124 million people in 51 countries were affected by acute food insecurity during 2017 — 11 million more people than the year before — according to the latest edition of the Global Report on Food Crises.
Villagers in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, where conflict has contributed to rising levels of food insecurity. | Photo from FAO
The report defines acute food insecurity as hunger so severe that it poses an immediate threat to lives or livelihoods.
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25/03/2018
24 March 2018 (Wall Street International)* — The Quibble Convention had been going on for over thirty years now, always with the same strict rules. The place was still the secondary room of the Royal Academy, which could sit only 25 people. It was in the form of a trial, with the Exponent and three Opponents. The Exponent would make his statement, no longer than one sentence, and the debate would begin.
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This time the exponent was Sir William Orchid, and people knew already what his statement would be. He stood up with the ring of the bell, looked at the small crowd and said:
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