Country: occupied Palestinian territory Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The ongoing and serious escalation of violence in and around Gaza has claimed the lives of 13 Palestinians by Israeli airstrikes, including a 5-year-old child and one woman.
Read MoreCountry: Haiti Source: UN Children’s Fund Reduced access to basic health, nutrition and WASH services, coupled with soaring food prices, inflation and food insecurity in Cité Soleil, leave one in five children suffering from acute malnutrition
Read MoreThis article has been updated since its original release date of 28 July 2022. As the world continues to struggle with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, another infectious disease is raising alarm bells on the global stage. On 23 July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a “public health […]
Read MoreUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is no longer in Taiwan, but on Thursday China made good on its promise that the island will pay a price for hosting the highest-ranking US official to visit in 25 years.
Read MoreFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Vanuatu launched a new project to support the country in conducting its third National Census of Agriculture 2022. Under the USD 300 000 project, FAO, the National Statistics Office (NSO), and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, […]
Read MoreLiberating Snake Island is not enough to ensure global food security (Organization for World Peace) Aug 5, 2022 Aug 3, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 08/05/2022 – 11:58 Liberating Snake Island is not enough to ensure global food security (Organization for World Peace) Liberating Snake Island is not enough to ensure global […]
Read MoreA group of alleged gang members is presented to the media by police authorities in El Salvador on Jul. 20 as a demonstration of the effectiveness of the war against gangs waged in this Central American country under a state of emergency. But families of detainees and human rights organizations […]
Read MoreCountry: Somalia Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO urgently requires $131.4 million to assist 882,000 people across 55 districts with immediate lifesaving and livelihood support. These famine prevention efforts in Somalia are only 46% funded.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/zhangliams Fifty years ago, U.S. scientists launched a satellite that dramatically changed how we see the world. It captured images of Earth’s surface in minute detail, showing how wildfires burned landscapes, how farms erased forests, and many other ways humans were changing the face of the planet. The first satellite in the […]
Read MoreOn 20 April 2022, Tennessee became the second state in the United States to create a specialized business entity for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), an emerging collaborative management structure for legal entities using blockchain technology.1 The new legislation amends Title 48 of the Tennessee Code to allow Tennessee limited liability […]
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