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 ... ....
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....
On the streets, there are rumours. At shops, people murmur to each other that there is a plague of earthquakes going around the world. Some are convinced that the quake is coming back to Nepal. "None of the tailors are back," says the local seamstress, explaining that her staff have left the city. "They're waiting for Baishakh 12," the Nepali date when the devastating quake shook Nepal last year ... READ MORE ... Lost and heartbroken ... READ MORE ... ....
... The protest was organised under the aegis of DXP Welfare Association, an umbrella organisation of several associations of flat owners along the Gurgaon-Dwarka Expressway ... Most of them are eventually bearing the burden of rent as well as EMI,” said Pradip Rahi, general-secretary of DXP Welfare Association ... ....
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It is the time for annual appraisal letters and the bonus. Many of you might have got your tax refunds too. While you may be happy to have some extra cash, handling it can be tricky. You need to juggle multiple aims and concerns to maximize your yearly perk ... OPTION 1. Reduce your debt burden ... OPTION 2 ... It will bring down your loan requirement, which means lower EMIs and, if it falls below Rs35 lakh, there's the extra tax benefit as well ... ....
There are also five named unbound delegates from the VirginIslands whose fate is unknown because they are in the midst of a legal battle over whether they will be able to vote at the convention. The Virgin Islands’ Republican Party chair, John Canegata, is fighting to have the original slate replaced by a different group....
Today, the 19-year-old B.Com student of Shri Ram College of Commerce holds the Guinness WorldRecord for the longest marathon playing keyboard/piano that lasted 127 hours eight minutes and 38 seconds. The teen had in October beaten the record set by Polish pianist Romuald Koperski for 103 hours. The video-recording of the performance has been certified by the Guinness World Records recently....
Andhra Pradesh Eastern PowerDistributionCompany Limited (APEPDCL) has broken its own record to top the chart for the lowest transmission and distribution losses in the country for the third second consecutive year. The discom recorded T and D losses of 5.48 per cent in this year bettering its previous record of 6.32 per cent for the year 2014-15....
Vocalist-keyboardist Matt Johnson and drummer Kim Schifino recorded the songs between the first and second weekends of Coachella and announced the EP by debuting “PleaseNo More” during their set ...The band decided to record new material after a recent run of European shows that left the band energized followed a three-month break this past winter....
Callum, in only his second outing at the distance, took eighth place in 2.10.52, delivering an audacious charge towards The Mall that took him past world record holder Dennis Kimetto ...Eliud Kipchoge missed the world record by eight seconds in winning the men's race in 2.03.05 with fellow KenyanJemima Sumgong taking the women's title ... Kipchoge retained his crown in course record time as the 31-year-old left the field trailing....
NBA postseason-record three-pointers for the Warriors, who attempted 40. Three-pointers for Klay Thompson, one off his playoff career best (against San Antonio on 2013). Assists for the Warriors, two off the franchise postseason record (against Phoenix in 1994). Points off the bench for Andre Iguodala, his 14th career 20-point playoff game but first as a non-starter. Points scored by the Warriors’ bench; Houston’s reserves scored 39 ... ....
(Source... Through three starts this season, Danks has a 0-3 record with a 6.23 ERA. He has a career 2-3 record with a 7.27 ERA over seven starts at Rogers Centre, which explains the rotation adjustment, and is 1-2 with a 4.25 ERA in five starts at Camden Yards ... He has a 3-2record and a 2.82 ERA at Rogers Centre during eight appearances and seven starts for the Orioles, while posting a 17-14 mark and a 3.94 ERA at Camden Yards ... (noodl....