Remarks to the Press by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Russia’s decision to annex Ukrainian territory. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By Antonio GuterresUNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 2022 (IPS) The Kremlin has announced that a ceremony will take place Friday in Moscow that will launch a process of annexation […]
Read MoreWhen Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr. met US President Joe Biden in New York last week, there was an uncomfortable sense of deja vu for some older Filipinos.
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Photo: Pixabay/luxstorm Thousands of animals and plants are bought and sold each year globally as food, medicine, clothing and furniture – even in the form of musical instruments. Wildlife, it seems, is big business. The illegal wildlife trade, which has an estimated value of at least US$7 billion (£5.9 billion) and potentially as much as […]
Read MoreUS Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Demilitarized Zone that divides North and South Korea on Thursday — one day after Pyongyang fired two ballistic missiles into the waters off its east coast.
Read MoreThe quest for CGIAR innovations to reduce food system carbon footprints on a global scale Sep 29, 2022 jmcquaid Thu, 09/29/2022 – 10:50 The quest for CGIAR innovations to reduce food system carbon footprints on a global scale Ma. Eliza Villarino Augusto Castro Nunes Seeking big ideas for sustainability. IFPRI […]
Read MoreTwo and a half hours’ drive north from Kakarbhitta, Nepal’s eastern-most border crossing with giant neighbour India, lies the hilly hamlet of Salakpur where lives Kaushila Moktan, a famed farmer of large cardamom. “I run a homestay for guests visiting our village, I also grow green vegetables and do beekeeping,” […]
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Country: Yemen Sources: ACTED, Action Contre la Faim France, Adventist Development and Relief Agency International, All Girls Foundation for Development, CARE, Center for Civilians in Conflict, Danish Refugee Council, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, HALO Trust, Handicap International – Humanity & Inclusion, International Medical Corps, International Rescue Committee, INTERSOS, Islamic […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/arniii By Kassia Rudd The environmental mantra of Malmö sounds simple: it should be easy for the Swedish city’s residents to make climate-smart choices. Local targets, however, are anything but easy: reducing Malmö’s climate impacts, greening its urban environment, and enriching local biodiversity and ecosystem health – all by […]
Read MoreDigitalization has great potential to drive progress towards an inclusive future for the world’s smallholder farmers, and can help galvanize greater productivity and sustainability of agrifood systems, as well as improve livelihoods and options for women and youth, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United […]
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know In a Minute or Less As discussed in the first three editions of this Mass Arbitration series, little relief may be available once a company is caught in the mass arbitration trap. Mass arbitrations can be frustrating for companies that initially sought to streamline the […]
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