In 1958, Mao Zedong's Great Sparrow Campaign aimed to eliminate pests but led to ecological imbalance and a catastrophic famine ... The result was explosive population growth by insects.

CAIRO — Famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Sunday. But he warned the threat ...

In the 1840s, Irish peasants came to Canada in vast numbers to escape a famine that swept Ireland. Robert Whyte kept a record of the terrible conditions many Irish immigrants endured while ...

Famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Sunday. But he warned the threat could return ...

It may even recall Mel Brooks’ The Producers but for Wolfe Tones front man Brian Warfield writing a musical about the Irish Famine was a very serious business. The man who has been belting out ...

China’s population fell for the third consecutive ... the midst of the disastrous Great Leap Forward plan, which led to a famine in which an estimated 20 million people died of starvation.

In 1997, the Steelers played the Chicago Bears in a preseason game at Dublin's historic Croke Park, marking the first time the NFL had played a game on the island of Ireland. In the 2025 season, the ...

The roots of the Great Famine began with greed surrounding real estate amid a population boom in Ireland. As the population of Ireland grew, landlords began to subdivide their properties to cram more ...

In Ukraine, researchers have estimated that the population is around 10% smaller than it would be if the 1930s famine hadn’t happened. Sign up here. Reporting by Jennifer Rigby. Editing by ...