Image: Michael Dietze/GFZ On July 14, the Ahr River in Germany began to rise as the unprecedented rain continued to fall. It didn’t stop rising until nearly 200 people were dead, in flash floods that reached seven meters high and caused an estimated $10 billion in damages. “The flood in […]
Read MoreCountries: Afghanistan, Pakistan Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Pakistan has updated details of more than 500,000 registered Afghan refugees as part of a country-wide campaign to issue renewed Proof of Registration (PoR) cards.
Read MoreThe World Food Programme distributing food in El Salvador. The second of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals is to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. Credit: WFP/David Fernandez By Trish CotterMELBOURNE, Sep 21 2021 (IPS) COVID-19 has exposed serious vulnerabilities in how people […]
Read MoreAs night falls, a group of fishermen set sail off the coast of northern Taiwan, where they prepare to catch sardines with a traditional method: fire.
Read MoreEmal Ahmadi knew his brother Zamarai wasn’t the ISIS-K facilitator that American officials portrayed him to be in the days after his death. Now, at last, the whole world knows that too.
Read MoreOn 30 August 2021, Judge Rosemary Márquez, a federal district judge in the District of Arizona, ordered the remand and vacatur of the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule1 (NWPR) defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA).2 The vacatur means that the U.S. Army Corps of […]
Read MoreSeattle – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Whitney McCollum as a privacy partner in the technology transactions, privacy, and sourcing practice. McCollum joins the firm’s Seattle office from multinational engineering firm AECOM, where she served as vice president, assistant general counsel, and chief IP and data protection […]
Read MoreBy Sania FarooquiNEW DELHI, India, Sep 20 2021 (IPS) Last year, as the world grappled to survive the Covid-19 Pandemic, Megan Fernandas an accountant living in Toronto, was trying to face her biggest fear, not the COVID-19 virus, but missing her doctor’s appointment after surviving a rigorous fight against stage […]
Read MoreKepala Balai Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun Salak Ahmad Munawir menyebutkan, macan tutul yang terekam kamera di kawasan hutan Gunung Sanggabuana Kabupaten Karawang, Jawa Barat, diduga kuat berjenis kelamin betina …
Read MoreCountries: Colombia, Panama Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies The IFRC is ramping up efforts to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to migrants travelling through the Darién Gap, one of the most dangerous migratory routes in the world.
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