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 […]
Read MorePhoto: 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 […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
Read MoreANTARA – 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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Read MoreCountries: 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 […]
Read MorePhoto: 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 […]
Read More*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 […]
Read MoreResearch 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, […]
Read MoreCountry: 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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