World: Global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines ‘progressing at two alarmingly different speeds’

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Country: World Sources: International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Health Organization, UN Children’s Fund, GAVI Alliance, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Fewer than 2% of adults are fully vaccinated in most low-income countries versus almost 50% in high‑income states. These, mostly in Africa, simply cannot access sufficient vaccine […]

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How would planting 8 billion trees every year for 20 years affect Earth’s climate?

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Photo: Pixabay/Photography_by_Sebbi Politicians, business leaders, YouTubers and celebrities are calling for the planting of millions, billions or even trillions of trees to slow climate change. There are currently almost 8 billion people on Earth. If every single person planted a tree each year for the next 20 years, that would mean roughly 160 billion new […]

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Needed in the Global South: Wastewater Collection for COVID-19 Detection

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A wastewater treatment facility in Manila, the Philippines. Credit: Danilo Pinzon/World Bank By Manzoor QadirHAMILTON, Canada, Aug 26 2021 (IPS) Understanding the scale and intensity of the COVID-19 virus and its emerging variants, predicting the pandemic’s direction, and developing and refining associated management response options are challenges likely to confront […]

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Hujan masih tinggi, namun kemarau mulai masuk di sebagian Kalteng

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ANTARA – Cuaca yang dimanis masih akan terjadi dalam beberapa pekan ke depan di Kalimantan Selatan, dipengaruhi oleh faktor lokal dan global. Hujan lebat masih terjadi sehingga masyarakat diimbau untuk waspada, namun di beberapa …

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In the turbulent South China Sea, the US Navy bets on a troubled warship

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• Possible Havana syndrome incident delayed Harris flight to Vietnam

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World: IFRC launches multi-regional plan to ramp up humanitarian assistance to migrants and displaced people

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Countries: Algeria, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Montenegro, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, the Republic of North Macedonia, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, World Source: International Federation of Red Cross […]

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Mountain forests in Africa store plenty more carbon than previously thought

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Photo: Pixabay/12019 Tropical forests may be local to the tropics, yet they all have global benefits. In addition to serving as refuges of the planet’s stunning, if shrinking, biodiversity, these forests store large amounts of carbon, which helps offset our emissions and mitigate climate change. And some tropical forests, like […]

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COVID-19: (Australia) NSW Government updated Retail and Other Commercial Leases

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*This information is accurate as of 12:00pm Tuesday 24 August 2020 and is subject to change as this situation evolves.  The NSW Government has recently updated the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2021 (the Regulation) to provide additional protections for lessees to impacted leases amidst the disruption caused […]

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K&L Gates Partner Mary Beth Johnston Recognized as 2021 MCCA Rainmaker

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Research Triangle Park – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP congratulates the firm’s Research Triangle Park office managing partner Mary Beth Johnston on her selection to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s (MCCA) 2021 Rainmakers list. The 15 lawyers recognized on this year’s list are “exceptional diverse attorneys whose business acumen, […]

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UN and partners appeal for $187.3 million to support quake-stricken Haiti to recover

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Country: Haiti Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The appeal reflects both the scale of the needs and the significant logistical challenges linked to providing an effective large-scale humanitarian response in hard-to-reach areas.

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