When Congress enacted the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, it included several provisions requiring owners and operators of US flag commercial vessels to report complaints and incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault to the Coast Guard. These requirements are now codified at 46 U.S.C. […]

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Countries: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Türkiye, Uganda, World Source: International Organization for Migration IOM is currently recording over 1,000 daily arrivals, among them Sudanese citizens, returning Ethiopians and third country nationals from Türkiye, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya and 50 other countries.

Photo: PublicDomainPictures If we are to avoid a climate catastrophe, it will no longer suffice to reduce our emissions; we will also need to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store it permanently. Scientists at Northwestern University in the United States and their colleagues on an international team have found […]

In response to the recent outbreaks in Indonesia of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) among livestock, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Australian Government are collaborating to support the Indonesian government in containing and controlling the spread of these […]

Washington, D.C. – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Jamie Jackson as a partner, Thomas “Finch” Fulton as a government affairs advisor, and Leonard Bickwit as an of counsel in the firm’s leading Public Policy and Law practice. They join K&L Gates’ Washington, D.C., office, and are among […]

Country: Sudan Source: Norwegian Refugee Council NRC is deeply concerned for the safety of those affected by this rampant violence, including for our colleagues who have had their homes burnt and looted, the agency said.

Photo: Pixabay/TheDigitalArtist  I was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth – the Atacama Trench, which goes down to a depth of 8,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean. The presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in such a remote location […]