Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees More than $881 million is needed this year to support 1.4 million people, including 920,000 refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, and about 540,000 Bangladeshis in neighbouring communities.
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Wars and conflicts have pushed more than 139 million people in 24 countries into acute food insecurity. Credit: FAO By Mario LubetkinROME, May 25 2022 (IPS) If the war in Ukraine, that was initiated three months ago, does not end, and without a reduction in the growing number of conflicts […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile in an easterly direction on Wednesday morning, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Read MoreWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS The collection and storage of sensitive data can not only invite the attention of government agencies, but also that of putative class action plaintiffs. Government inquiries, required disclosures, and media attention regarding alleged violations of data privacy law or data […]
Read MoreKansas City, MO – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added a team of four high-profile partners with substantial experience in the renewable energy sector, continuing a path of strategic growth that has included the addition of more than 120 new partners and of counsel since the start of […]
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Nigerians should not be pushing against global COVID-19 vaccine inequity amid widespread looting of the national treasury. Credit: UNICEF/Nahom Tesfaye By Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, May 24 2022 (IPS) Nigeria’s accountant-general, the administrative head of the country’s treasury, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly stealing 80 billion naira […]
Read MoreFrom torrents to trickles: Managing the future of irrigation May 24, 2022 jmcquaid Tue, 05/24/2022 – 14:00 From torrents to trickles: Managing the future of irrigation Claudia Ringler Five key points to improve water sustainability in the 21st century. IFPRI Blog : Issue Post Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 May 24, […]
Read MoreCountries: Ethiopia, Yemen Source: International Organization for Migration Thousands of stranded migrants in Yemen have expressed their wish to voluntarily return to Ethiopia. IOM is appealing for $7.5 million to provide them with safe, dignified and voluntary return help.
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Photo: Pixabay/12019 Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and plenty of it is locked up in permafrost, which is to say in perennially frozen ground in arctic and sub-arctic tundra regions where subzero temperatures prevail year round. Warming temperatures are expected to thaw such frozen grounds, which will lead to […]
Read MoreUS President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet the leaders of India, Australia and Japan in Tokyo on Tuesday for a summit of the “Quad” nations.
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