With cascading crises – where one event triggers another – set to rise, international disaster risk reduction efforts are woefully underfunded. Global development is supported by. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. @swajones ...Last year, earthquakes, floods, heatwaves and landslides left (pdf). Yet the international community spends less than half of one per cent of the global aid budget on mitigating the risks posed by such hazards ... ....
Kim Kardashian attended a friend’s wedding this past weekend and she captured the night’s events with some racy images that are definitely NSFW... 001. A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Apr 23, 2016 at 6.05pm PDT. 014 ... 006 ... He married model IsabelaRangel ... ....
Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, has died following a collapse on stage during a concert, officials said. He was 66. Culture MinisterBaudouin Banza Mukalay confirmed the musician’s death on Sunday, calling it a “great loss for the country and all of Africa.” ... He was taken to a nearby clinic, but couldn’t be resuscitated ... Keywords....
The country's opposition leaders and international civil society groups have already dismissed Sunday's vote as "not credible". PresidentTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo faces six mostly unknown opponents, with most of the opposition boycotting the poll ... Critics accuse the 73-year-old of failing to distribute the country's oil wealth to the population of about 700,000 ... In the last election in 2009, Obiang won 97 percent of the vote....
If you want to have some small sample size fun, Carter is on pace for 43 home runs and a Major League-record 76 doubles. 'He's taking advantage of the whole field, which he's done throughout his whole career, but perhaps even to a greater extent this year because he's not concerned about the pull home run,' said Brewers general manager David Stearns, who imported Carter from Houston as Milwaukee's only Major League free agent....
Dan Carter moved one step closer to completing the clean sweep of world rugby’s premier trophies, booting Racing 92 into the European Champions Cup final ... Former New Zealand stand-off Carter's largely error-free showing proved stark contrast to Leicester's ragged performance, as Racing denied an all-English final for the first time since 2007 ... Carter landed a penalty from the eventual melee, stretching Racing's lead to 10-0....
Dan Carter has wasted no time in shifting the pressure for next month's European Champions Cup final off maiden finalists Racing 92 and onto Saracens. Former All Blacks fly-half Carter slotted 11 points with the boot and shut down Leicester's power runners in Racing's 19-16 semi-final victory at Nottingham's City Ground...Carter was far more circumspect, opting to offload the pressure rather than crank it up....
Max Carter doubled down the right field line to score Jones...Carter advanced to third on a Butts' wild pitch ... Gusbeth was able to drive a Kucko pitch to right center that was deep enough for Carter to score for a 5-0 CSUB lead ... Carter hit a grounder to NMSU third baseman Brent Sakurai. Sakurai's throw was high allowing Carter to reach safely ... Pinch hitterMason Fishback grounded out to Carter at first for the third out....
In a bit of foreshadowing on Sunday morning, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell lauded Ryan Braun and ChrisCarter for how they’ve anchored the heart of his batting order ...Braun’s five homers and 15 RBI are tied for the team lead with Carter, who banged out two more doubles and scored a pair of runs ... “Not surprising,” Braun said of Carter’s hot start....
forces battling extremists in the war-torn country, administration officials confirmed Sunday ... presence in Syria and comes a week after Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the deployment of a similar number of troops to Iraq, where Islamic State militants also control territory. About 50 U.S ...Senior U.S ... ... troops in Syria has been discussed for weeks, including rumblings last week when Carter announced sending an additional 217 U.S ... ....
forces battling extremists in the war-torn country, administration officials confirmed Sunday ... presence in Syria and comes a week after Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the deployment of a similar number of troops to Iraq, where Islamic State militants also control territory. About 50 U.S ...Senior U.S ... ... troops in Syria has been discussed for weeks, including rumblings last week when Carter announced sending an additional 217 U.S ... ....