When Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes leaders from around the world for the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on Friday, it will be his first time meeting foreign counterparts face-to-face in more than 400 days. And at the top of his guest list is Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga last month, followed by last week’s earthquake and aftershocks, have highlighted the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a global meeting focused on the countries and convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has heard. In […]

The Biden administration continues its rollback of environmental policies employed by the prior administration, as evidenced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent release of final scope documents for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk evaluations of two chemicals in the phthalates family—diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) and diisononyl phthalate […]

Peneliti Eka Chlara Budiarti dari Ecological Observation and Wetland Conservation (ECOTON) mengatakan limbah medis seperti masker yang terurai di lingkungan dapat menjadi mikroplastik yang menjadi vektor bakteri. Dihubungi …

Countries: Mauritius, Seychelles, South Sudan, World Source: World Health Organization “WHO and partners are working with countries to urgently fix operational challenges including supporting health workers to speed up vaccine delivery, save lives and beat back this pandemic.”

Photo: Pixabay/yiyiphotos Climate change will be having its impacts felt in a myriad of ways in coming decades and one way will involve depriving farmers in tropical countries of suitable conditions to grow important crops such as coffee, cashew nuts and avocados, scientists say. While there has been plenty of […]

Beginning on 23 February 2022, transactions valued at more than US$101 million may require the filing with the antitrust agencies of a Premerger Notification and Report under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act). This is about a 9.8% increase from the current filing threshold of […]

Chicago – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Brian E. Spang as a partner in the labor, employment, and workplace safety practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Chicago office from Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Spang advises employers, from startups to Fortune 50 companies, on trade secret and restrictive […]

Press Briefing: New Report on Repurposing Agricultural Support to Transform Food Systems Feb 1, 2022 Feb 1, 2022 pfowlkes Tue, 02/01/2022 – 16:56 Press Briefing: New Report on Repurposing Agricultural Support to Transform Food Systems Press Briefing: New Report on Repurposing Agricultural Support to Transform Food Systems Press Statement Agriculture […]