World leaders with the Group of 20 rich and developing nations will meet this weekend in Johannesburg for the bloc’s first ...

"Stop Disasters," an online video game developed by the United Nations, teaches young people how to reduce risks linked to ...

Battered by last month's ferocious climate-fueled hurricane, Jamaica joined other small island nations and impoverished ...

WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 7, 2025 — Following Hurricane Melissa, the Government of Jamaica will receive a full payout of $150 million under its catastrophe insurance coverage with the World Bank, backed by ...

The Philippines has long lived with the reality of natural disasters, but the past weeks have pushed the nation into an unprecedented humanitarian emergency. A powerful Cebu earthquake, followed in ...

Lawyer and journalist Jaskaran Sandhu says "this is a natural disaster that the government has an immense role in ...

MOST Filipinos don’t need to be reminded that we live in a disaster-prone country. We are in the Ring of Fire; we greet tropical cyclones as they form in the Pacific Ocean, and we experience almost ...

In the wake of the devastation to sections of Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa, the island is set to receive a full payout of ...