2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report: Repurpose agricultural subsidies to make healthy diets affordable, reduce rising hunger Aug 2, 2022 jmcquaid Tue, 08/02/2022 – 09:40 2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report: Repurpose agricultural subsidies to make healthy diets affordable, reduce […]
Read MoreCountry: South Sudan Source: UN Mission in South Sudan Of particular concern to UNMISS is the 218% increase in conflict-related sexual violence – rape and gang-rape, among other forms of sexual violence linked to conflict – during the second quarter.
Read MoreIt was mid-afternoon on a sweltering Saturday when Raj, a laborer from northwest India, started feeling dizzy as he hauled heavy bags of concrete mix and sand on a construction site in downtown Singapore.
Read MoreReports that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning a visit to Taiwan have sparked tense exchanges between the United States and China — and growing speculation over how Beijing might react.
Read MoreCommencing from 1 August 2022, Western Australia will adopt a new statutory progress payment regime under the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment Act) 2021 (WA) (WA SOP Act). The WA SOP Act will change the statutory progress payment regime in Western Australia to adopt a model more similar […]
Read MoreCountry: Haiti Source: Médecins Sans Frontières People are trapped in neighbourhoods affected by fighting and cannot move because of the violence. MSF calls on all parties to ensure civilians are spared and allowed access to healthcare.
Read MoreFarmers in Bangladesh would welcome an early warning system that does not rely on smartphones. Authorities and devising an SMS service after devastating floods killed many people and destroyed harvests. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPS By Rafiqul IslamDHAKA, Aug 1 2022 (IPS) Ziaur Rahman, a farmer of Pakuar Char under Sariakandi Upazila […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/Nel_Botha-NZ Rapid climate change has the potential to strongly influence the physiology, behaviour and breeding success of animals. Research is showing that increasing temperatures, for instance, are having negative effects on animals. These range from mass die-off events during heat waves to less obvious problems like difficulty finding food. For birds in […]
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Read MoreFollowing the positions expressed by the Austrian, German, and French supervisory authorities (see our previous alert), the Italian Supervisory Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali)(Garante) published on 9 June 2022 a specific measure, according to which website analytics solutions used to measure online audiences (Analytics Service Solutions) infringe […]
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