Country: Türkiye Source: International Organization for Migration With health facilities and workers greatly affected, as well as more than 100,000 people injured, the international community must prioritize support for Türkiye’s health care system – Martin Legasse, IOM

Geologists have described the region as the most similar to Mars on Earth. Whether it’s violent sandstorms or ice found on its surface, we get more news from the red planet than from Balochistan. “I still don’t understand how a territory divided by the borders of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan […]

Photo: Pixabay/makamuki0  Microplastics are insidious. These tiny particles are virtually everywhere on earth, causing all manner of harm in the environment both on land and in water. Microplastics affect even the workings of small organisms by reducing their ability to photosynthesize and thereby produce energy and release oxygen, which could […]

FAO has welcomed a $34.4 million contribution from the Government of Japan to deliver a wide range of assistance to improve the food security and nutrition of people in emergency settings, including internally displaced people, refugees and others affected by insecurity and natural hazards. The contribution will fund 17 country and […]

Important Takeaways Article 45-A aims to regulate large physician’s practices managed by entities that are investor-backed. The proposed legislation would authorize the New York Department of Health (DOH) to review and approve material health care transactions within the state. Health care entities involved in a material transaction would be required […]

Global law firm K&L Gates has named Tyler Hong Shik Won (원홍식) managing partner of the firm’s Seoul office, effective 1 April. Won counsels both Korean and international clients on intellectual property-related issues, including those involving trade secret compliance and litigation, as well as international trade and antitrust issues. He […]

There’s much attention directed to the global cities most at risk due to climate change, but what do we know about the cities leading the way on climate resilience? Savills, the London-based real estate brokerage and investment firm, says there’s plenty of optimism for places like Berlin, which ranked best […]

Countries: Ethiopia, Somalia Source: Save the Children Over the past three weeks, flash floods have killed at least 50 people, forced more than 30,000 families from their homes, and wiped out at least 10,000 livestock and 21,000 hectares of crops across Ethiopia and Somalia.

Charting the post-Soviet rise of two major exporters.