Jun 15, 2020 – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT Webinar COVID-19 Food Security Food Systems Health Nutrition COVID-19 & Global Food Security IFPRI’s Director General Johan Swinnen is participating in the fourth installment of the COVID-19 and International Development virtual event series sponsored by DCID and the Sanford School of Public […]

Country: Afghanistan Source: Médecins Sans Frontières MSF is to end activities and withdraw from Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul, following the brutal attack on the maternity wing on 12 May, in which 16 mothers were systematically shot dead.

Climate change. Deforestation. Intensive agriculture. Loss of wildlife habitats. Overfishing. These are all clear and present dangers to the health of the planet. Yet no less acute a crisis is plastic pollution. Study after study has demonstrated the staggering amounts of plastic waste befouling both land and sea around the […]

Dozens of scantily dressed Filipina croupiers stand in booths shuffling cards in front of a webcam, their faces softly illuminated by professional lighting.