North Korea on Friday claimed its Covid-19 outbreak began when two residents touched “unusual things” near the South Korean border, according to state media.
Read MoreCountry: Mozambique Source: Save the Children Nearly 30,000 children fled a new wave of violence in Cabo Delgado province in June, the highest number of children uprooted in a single month in the past year, Save the Children said.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/vic_neo By Stuart Gilby Conscious consumers and governments are sending a consistent and resounding message to businesses: ditch plastic. Misuse of plastic has created a global emergency, with more than 400 million tonnes of waste every year. While interest in alternatives has never been higher for businesses, finding an adequate […]
Read MoreDoctors and bankers were among hundreds of Sri Lankans who marched on Wednesday to demand the government resolve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of the Indian Ocean island’s worst economic crisis in decades or step down.
Read MoreStatistical sampling and extrapolation have become accepted tools for establishing damages in health care administrative proceedings and False Claims Act (FCA) litigation over the past 30 years. Key Takeaways The government has been dramatically increasing the use of data mining to identify potential health care fraud and data analysis to […]
Read MoreSingapore – K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates, recently advised Singapore e-commerce company BlueBasket on its cross-border joint venture with Yanolja Cloud, a Korean leisure platform that was the recipient of US$1.7 billion in funding from SoftBank Vision. The transaction involved the […]
Read MoreUS farmers battle floods, heat in bid to replenish food supplies (Bloomberg) Jun 30, 2022 Jun 29, 2022 pfowlkes Thu, 06/30/2022 – 12:56 US farmers battle floods, heat in bid to replenish food supplies (Bloomberg) US farmers battle floods, heat in bid to replenish food supplies (Bloomberg) United States of […]
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Aerial view of red copper mining waste. Credit: salajean/Shutterstock.com By Patricia Balvanera, Brigitte Baptiste, Mike Christie and Unai PascualBONN, Germany, Jun 30 2022 (IPS) Nature has many values. A forest can be a cool and quiet place to retreat to when you need relaxation on a hot summer day. It […]
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Country: Afghanistan Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Earthquake-impacted provinces were already “hotspots” for crisis levels of food insecurity and acute malnutrition. In addition, the earthquake comes right before Afghanistan’s imminent harsh winter.
Read MoreSignificant growth in aquaculture has driven global fisheries and aquaculture production to a record high as aquatic foods make an increasingly critical contribution to food security and nutrition in the 21st century, according to a report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released today. The 2022 […]
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