The Tripartite of the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization recently announced this year’s theme for the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW). Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance is the new theme with Antimicrobials: Handle with Care […]
Read MoreCASUAL CONVERSION – TIME TO BE READY TO MAKE OFFERS Earlier this year, the Australian Federal government introduced broad changes to laws relating to casual employment which included a requirement for employers to offer permanent employment to eligible employees. As part of these new provisions, by 27 September 2021, employers […]
Read MoreSep 24, 2021 – 08:00 am to 09:30 am EDT Ethiopia Special Event Food Systems Climate Change Funding Food System Transformation in Developing Countries: An example from Ethiopia Virtual Event: SEP 24, 2021- 08:00 AM to 09:30 AM EDT. This event will inform discussion of CGIAR work, developed for the […]
Read MoreANTARA – Potensi gempa berkekuatan magnitudo 8,7 dan tsunami berketinggian 29 meter di kawasan pesisir selatan Jawa Timur, membuat Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG) Stasiun Geofisika Karangkates Malang dan …
Read MoreImage: Michael Dietze/GFZ On July 14, the Ahr River in Germany began to rise as the unprecedented rain continued to fall. It didn’t stop rising until nearly 200 people were dead, in flash floods that reached seven meters high and caused an estimated $10 billion in damages. “The flood in […]
Read MoreCountries: Afghanistan, Pakistan Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Pakistan has updated details of more than 500,000 registered Afghan refugees as part of a country-wide campaign to issue renewed Proof of Registration (PoR) cards.
Read MoreThe World Food Programme distributing food in El Salvador. The second of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals is to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. Credit: WFP/David Fernandez By Trish CotterMELBOURNE, Sep 21 2021 (IPS) COVID-19 has exposed serious vulnerabilities in how people […]
Read MoreAs night falls, a group of fishermen set sail off the coast of northern Taiwan, where they prepare to catch sardines with a traditional method: fire.
Read MoreEmal Ahmadi knew his brother Zamarai wasn’t the ISIS-K facilitator that American officials portrayed him to be in the days after his death. Now, at last, the whole world knows that too.
Read MoreOn 30 August 2021, Judge Rosemary Márquez, a federal district judge in the District of Arizona, ordered the remand and vacatur of the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule1 (NWPR) defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA).2 The vacatur means that the U.S. Army Corps of […]
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