“President Barack Obama is set to announce $3 billion in private sector pledges aimed at alleviating hunger in Africa and urge the world’s biggest economies to make good on their own financial promises.” Source: Obama to announce $3 billion in private sector pledges for food security in Africa – The Washington Post
“Envelopes containing suspicious powder were sent through the mail to at least seven locations in Manhattan, primarily Wells Fargo banks, police officials said. “ (Wells Fargo, Others Get White Powder Envelopes, but Tests Show They’re Non-Toxic – ABC News)
“Tens of thousands of refugees in South Sudan’s Jamam camp must be urgently moved to a new site to escape life-threatening water shortages and fatal diseases, an aid agency said Friday.” Source: Aid agency: South Sudan refugees face serious water shortages, risk fatal diseases in camp – The Washington Post
“The nation’s fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, sometimes referred to as ‘mad cow disease,’ was found in a dairy cow in California, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.” (Mad cow disease confirmed in California – Eatocracy – CNN.com Blogs)
“This summer’s Olympics will increase the already ‘extreme risk’ of a flu pandemic spreading in the UK, according to a new report. Britain was ranked second only to Singapore for its vulnerability to the rapid spread of an influenza outbreak.” (Source: Olympics | Mail Online.)