Photo: Pixabay/stevepb By Elijah Gullett Once again California finds itself at the forefront in the fight against climate-related natural disasters. You wouldn’t know it from the scary images of fires engulfing homes, but policymakers actually have all the tools they need to improve our environment. The recent Mosquito Wildfires are […]
Read MoreCountry: Nigeria Source: World Health Organization The World Health Organization is supporting three states in northeast Nigeria – Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, to strengthen their health workforce to respond to the humanitarian crisis affecting the region.
Read MoreFollowing a recent decision,1 the Third Circuit Court of Appeals breathed new life into Pennsylvania consumer claims that the practice of tracking a customer’s movements on a company’s website violates Pennsylvania’s Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (WESCA).2 WESCA makes it unlawful to intentionally intercept any wire, electronic, or oral communication.3 For […]
Read MoreSydney – Global law firm K&L Gates has advised Melbourne-based private investors on the $116 million purchase of all of the units in the unit trust that owns Reservoir on Crown, a major mixed-use property in Sydney’s inner suburbs, from a fund managed by LaSalle Investment Management. The three-storey, 4,700 […]
Read MoreConnect rural areas with digital innovations to unlock climate resilience for hundreds of millions of farmers (CIMMYT) Sep 30, 2022 Sep 27, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 09/30/2022 – 12:21 Connect rural areas with digital innovations to unlock climate resilience for hundreds of millions of farmers (CIMMYT) Connect rural areas with digital […]
Read MoreCountry: Syrian Arab Republic Source: War Child International With aid options dwindling, and a lapse in media coverage, War Child Country Director, Lukas van Trier urges the international community “not to forget” the plight of families across Syria, where an increase in violence is placing children in acute danger
Read MoreRemarks to the Press by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Russia’s decision to annex Ukrainian territory. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By Antonio GuterresUNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 2022 (IPS) The Kremlin has announced that a ceremony will take place Friday in Moscow that will launch a process of annexation […]
Read MoreWhen Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr. met US President Joe Biden in New York last week, there was an uncomfortable sense of deja vu for some older Filipinos.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/luxstorm Thousands of animals and plants are bought and sold each year globally as food, medicine, clothing and furniture – even in the form of musical instruments. Wildlife, it seems, is big business. The illegal wildlife trade, which has an estimated value of at least US$7 billion (£5.9 billion) and potentially as much as […]
Read MoreUS Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Demilitarized Zone that divides North and South Korea on Thursday — one day after Pyongyang fired two ballistic missiles into the waters off its east coast.
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