famine

Nuclear war is a real possibility, climate change is inevitable, famine and death are on the horizon.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“But as Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine, and violent occupation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"As Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation," he wrote, also noting that Sheeran was a friend who "has changed my life."

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Muratov abandoned art and returned to the army, and then, after the 1917 Revolution, devoted his skills to famine relief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

During the 1990s famine, the state distribution system utterly collapsed in Hamhung, leaving workers with no alternative sources of food.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Only four previous famines have been classified by the IPC since it was established in 2004, the most recent in Sudan in 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

Wars, famines, outbreaks, natural disasters … There are, sadly, many reasons why populations might be forced or feel compelled to leave their homes in search of refuge elsewhere, and these cases continue to grow.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

With powerful statistical models, the researchers analyzed 30,000 years of archaeological records, tracing the impact of wars, famines and climate change.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d’ etat, hairstyles stiff with hair spray.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy