UN takes up MDGs as 2015 deadline looms Governments around the world are looking to forge agreement on a strategy for the last five years before the Millennium Development Goals deadline amid projections that none of the poverty, health or education milestones will be reached. “The final five years of the goals [...]
More than 5 million people served. More than 6 million liters of beer drunk. More than 100 oxen consumed. Those are the numbers from last year’s Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, and this year’s beer bash, which begins Sept. 18, promises to be one for the record books because it’s the 200th anniversary of the famous festival.