The global COVID-19 outbreak has encouraged widespread orders to protect renters and owners of commercial and residential real property. In this 50 state-by-state survey we offer a summary of cities and states that have enacted policies or implemented moratoriums for evictions or foreclosures due to COVID-19. Click here for the full […]

Research Post September 22, 2020 Promoting nonfarm businesses in Papua New Guinea can improve rural diets Gracie Rosenbach Emily Schmidt A study provides insights into gender differences and welfare benefits in a wide array of enterprises.

Countries: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Niger, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, World, Zimbabwe Source: International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee has been responding to COVID-19 as well as the two outbreaks and is now calling for a rapid increase in funding to scale up its response and […]

Plenty of fish suffer from water pollution, which takes a toll on their health and reproductive abilities. Yet there is another often-overlooked form of manmade pollution that also affects them: noise pollution. The roar of boat engines and other manmade sources of loud noise can grate on our ears, but […]

Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Mount Everest 10 times, died of a lengthy illness on Monday, his family said, an event that fellow sherpas called a major loss to Nepal and the climbing community.

The real estate industry, and particularly the hospitality and retail sector, has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Occupiers in those sectors have put a lot of pressure on the government to provide further support. Background Commercial tenants benefitted from a prohibition on landlords forfeiting commercial leases for non-payment […]