El País, in an article about the food crisis in Egypt, quoted IFPRI findings from a recent issue post in the High Food & Fertilizer Prices and War in Ukraine series and interv
Read MoreFollowers of “The Last of Us,” a 2013 video game release that’s now a top HBO drama series in the United States, know that the apocalyptic storyline begins with a heat-adapted fungus that takes control of humans and turns them into zombies. While there’s no zombie apocalypse on the horizon […]
Read MoreCountries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, World Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime The disparity between the demand for and supply of regulated pharmaceutical products leaves room for trafficking and provides an incentive for the involvement of organized criminal groups.
Read MoreA wind energy generation plant located in Loiyangalani in northwestern Kenya. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS By External SourceWASHINGTON DC, Jan 31 2023 (IPS) Meeting our climate change goals will require massive investments in clean energy projects, in both advanced economies and across the Global South. But financing projects in the latter […]
Read MoreOn 3 November 2022, Governor Wolf signed House Bill 2057 into law as Act 122. The act made numerous amendments to Title 15 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, also known as the “Associations Code” (the Title 15 Update).1 This multipart series provides a summary of the key changes coming to […]
Read MoreSydney – Global law firm K&L Gates has appointed Naomi Philp as a partner in the Corporate practice team in Sydney, continuing a recent run of partner hires and promotions within the Corporate and Asset Management and Investment Funds teams both in Australia and globally. Philp joins K&L Gates from […]
Read MoreCountry: World Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies The shocking Covid death toll – estimated at more than 6.5 million people – has inspired the humanitarian group to take a deep dive into how countries can prepare for the next health emergency.
Read MoreVainesi, a former trachoma trichiasis patient, cheers in celebration knowing that trachoma has been eliminated in Malawi. Vainesi had suffered with the pain caused by trachoma for 10 years before a local disability mobiliser encouraged her to go to the hospital for treatment. By Lazarus McCarthy ChakweraLILONGWE, Jan 30 2023 […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/jusuf111 The rainforests across the Amazon are among the planet’s last refuges of rich biodiversity, yet they have been losing out to deforestation at an alarming rate. In fact, many of these forests have been degraded far more seriously than assumed with over a third of them affected by […]
Read MoreCountry: Haiti Source: UN Children’s Fund Amidst growing armed violence in Haiti, at least 2.6 million children are expected to need immediate lifesaving assistance in 2023, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean warns.
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