“This is not a coup,” said Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun from a gilded hall in Myanmar’s purpose-built capital Naypyidaw, the city where his comrades recently ousted an elected government, detained the country’s leadership, and installed a military junta.

Country: Mozambique Source: International Organization for Migration As of 8 April, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix has recorded nearly 14,000 people displaced to Nangade, Mueda, Montepuez and Pemba by the latest surge in violence. This number is growing daily.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today officially launched operations at its Partnership and Liaison Office in the Republic of Korea in a move that will accelerate knowledge sharing, innovation and agricultural transformation to improve diets and livelihoods across Asia and the world.   FAO’s Partnership […]

On 31 March 2021, Peter Sung Ohr, Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued Memorandum GC 21-03 (GC 21-03) to the regional field offices signaling significant changes to enforcement priorities under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). In part, GC 21-03 indicates that […]

There’s new research on the impact of pesticide pollution when it comes to agriculture, public health risks and biodiversity loss, but there’s also renewed attention for one pesticide that’s been under scrutiny for decades. Public Eye, the investigative NGO based in Switzerland, calls paraquat the world’s deadliest weedkiller. Ingesting as […]