Warga Sotek di Kaltim usulkan penetapan Taman Kehati
2 Juli 2021 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentLurah bersama warga Kelurahan Sotek di Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara (PPU), Kalimantan Timur (Kaltim), akan mengusulkan pada pihak terkait untuk menetapkan lahan warga menjadi Taman Keanekaragaman Hayati (Kehati). “Kami …
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World: Billions of people will lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in 2030 unless progress quadruples, warn WHO and UNICEF
1 Juli 2021 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: World Sources: World Health Organization, UN Children’s Fund New report presents estimates on household access to safely managed drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services over the past five years, and assesses progress toward achieving the sixth SDG by 2030.
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France Needs More Civil Liberties and Less Hypo-Securitization of Religion
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBy Sania FarooquiNEW DELHI, India, Jul 1 2021 (IPS) In 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans for tougher laws to tackle what he called, “Islamist Separatism”, and a crackdown on “radical Islamists” in France, which he said were materializing through repeated deviations from the Republic’s values. To counter this, […]
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Transitioning from LIBOR to Risk-Free Rates
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThis article looks at the recent developments in the transition from LIBOR to risk-free rates and the likely issues that the local banking and finance market in the Middle East will face as the date for the permanent cessation and non-representativeness of LIBOR approaches. Consideration is given to the technical […]
Read MoreClimate and crops: Farm worker safety is key to future yields
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentGermany worries about its wheat, France tries to protect its grapes, and the United States and Canada calculate the agribusiness loss in apples or blueberries when extreme weather, like this week’s unprecedented North American heat wave, wreaks havoc. Yet there’s another climate-related loss to agriculture: farm workers. One of them […]
Read MoreMSF steps up activities in Brazil where COVID-19 has killed over half a million people
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Brazil Source: Médecins Sans Frontières As the virus continues to spread, MSF teams across the country are finding new ways to help the most vulnerable communities in the most disadvantaged areas of the South American country.
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Anti-Gay ‘Therapy’ Offered at Uganda Health Centres Run by Aid-Funded Groups
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentIllustration by Inge Snip. Credit: openDemocracy By Khatondi Soita WepukhuluKAMPALA, Jun 30 2021 (IPS) At Mulago, Uganda’s biggest public hospital, a receptionist at an HIV clinic for marginalised and ‘most at risk’ populations, including LGBT people, said that an undercover reporter’s 17-year-old gay brother could “quit” his same-sex attraction. “Whoever […]
Read MoreUS days from completing formal Afghanistan withdrawal
30 Juni 2021 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe US could complete its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within days, according to multiple US officials, making this a critical week in President Joe Biden’s campaign to end America’s longest war even as US military officials warn the country could devolve into civil war.
Read MoreGlobal Report on Food Crises 2021: Building resilience can prevent crisis and conflict
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentEvent Post June 30, 2021 Global Report on Food Crises 2021: Building resilience can prevent crisis and conflict Swati Malhotra Alexandria Richter More than 155 million people experienced acute food insecurity in 2020, an increase of 20 million from 2019 and a five-year high.
Read MoreLIPI: Hutan mangrove di Teluk Ambon berkurang akibat alih fungsi lahan
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPusat Penelitian Laut Dalam (P2LD) Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI) menyatakan kawasan hutan mangrove di Teluk Ambon terus berkurang akibat alih fungsi lahan sejak tahun 1972. “Umumnya hutan mangrove di Teluk …
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