During Kazakhstan’s recent Council for Improving Investment Climate, Prime Minister Askar Mamin announced new measures aimed at improving the country’s investment environment in order to better facilitate the absorption of foreign capital in the field of alternative energy. The meeting took place in the wake of the UN Climate Change […]

The Tokyo Metropolitan government will start a system that effectively allows same-sex marriage in Japan’s capital from April next year, the Kyodo news wire reported Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike as saying on Tuesday.

A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) in CFMMEU & Matthew Howard v Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd T/A Mt Arthur Coal [2021] FWCFB 6059 has found that BHP’s COVID-19 policy mandating vaccination, while likely lawful, was not a reasonable direction because BHP did not adequately consult with […]

Dec 9, 2021 – 12:00 pm EST to Dec 16, 2021 – 12:30 pm EST India Rwanda Special Event Research Divisions Inside Track with IFPRI Virtual Event: Dec 9, 2021 – 10:30 AM to Dec 16, 2021 – 11:00 AM EST. During this special event, several young researchers will share […]

On 18 November 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or Commission) Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) released its 2021 Annual Report on Enforcement (FY2021 Report). The FY2021 Report provides an overview of Enforcement’s priorities. It summarizes actions taken by the three divisions within Enforcement: Division of Investigations (DOI), Division of […]

Tiny microplastics may be contributing to a much bigger problem: antibiotic resistance. That’s according to new research published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials. The study, led by Dr. Pedro Alvarez of Rice University in the United States, builds on previous work that has suggested links between the oft-invisible plastic particles […]

A court in Myanmar has sentenced deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison on charges of incitement and breaking Covid-19 rules, in the first verdict against the Nobel Peace Prize winner since the military seized power in February.

Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Source: World Health Organization In response to a temporary shortage of IV fluids in the country, the WHO has procured and delivered 260 000 packs of various types of IV fluids to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran.