What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less While ethylene oxide (EO) has long been subject to federal regulation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently sharpened its focus on EO emissions. Despite publishing its plans to address EO,1 the EPA’s priorities have nonetheless shifted over time. […]
Read MoreOpal Palmer Adisa in Jamaica. Credit: SWAN By SWANPARIS, Mar 8 2023 (IPS) For the past six years, Jamaican writer and scholar Opal Palmer Adisa has been one of the voices crying out against the prevalence of gender-based violence in the Caribbean and elsewhere. To highlight this human rights issue, […]
Read MoreCountry: Malawi Source: UN Children’s Fund “Combine this with the ongoing annual lean season – when millions of Malawians are expected to be food insecure – and children are suffering most as a result of this crisis,” said children’s agency.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/Alexas_Fotos The world is facing a significant food waste problem, with up to half of all fruit and vegetables lost somewhere along the agricultural food chain. Globally, around 14% of food produced is lost after harvesting but before it reaches shops and supermarkets. Alongside food prices (66%), food waste is a concern for […]
Read MoreThe Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Laurent Thomas, today visited the Natawarau fishing community in Ba, Fiji to present fishing families with Fish Aggregating Devices (known as FADs) used to enhance nearshore fisheries. The FAD materials were presented to the Natawarau Fisherman […]
Read MoreBy External SourceMar 7 2023 (IPS-Partners) From the earliest days of computing to the present age of virtual reality and artificial intelligence… …women have made untold contributions to the digital world in which we increasingly live. Their accomplishments have been made against all odds, in a historically unwelcoming field. […]
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Read MoreCountries: Ethiopia, Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Many arrive in shock, telling stories of loved ones lost during the flight or killed in conflict. Some are injured. Some families are sheltering in public buildings while others are sleeping outside.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/felix_w Vegan and vegetarian. Mediterranean, pescatarian and omnivore. Paleo, keto and carnivore. Diet fads are all the rage these days with various experts emphasizing the benefits of various diets with various food items dominating each. Yet when it comes to their effects on our health and the health of […]
Read MoreThe Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation has ruled that an arbitration seated in Abu Dhabi and conducted under the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration rules (ICC Rules) was seated in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), and therefore subject to the supervisory jurisdiction of the ADGM Courts, based on […]
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