Posters of rival tickets for mayor of Depok, a commuter city 40 minutes by train south of Jakarta where many of its 2.4 million residents work.Credit: Warief D. Basorie By Warief Djajanto BasorieJAKARTA, Dec 8 2020 (IPS) In just over a day, on 9 December, Indonesia holds 270 simultaneous local […]
Read MoreResearch Post December 8, 2020 Using coffee ceremonies to address intimate partner violence in Ethiopia: Evidence from Unite for a Better Life Vandana Sharma Negussie Deyessa Jessica Leight Timothy Karoff A promising approach for low-income and rural areas.
Read MoreCountries: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Source: Norwegian Refugee Council Four weeks after tropical storms Eta and Iota devastated Honduras and Guatemala, more than 400,000 people remain in temporary shelters, while thousands are living on the streets in urgent need of aid.
Read MoreThe “Energiewende” of Germany has been going on and doing rather badly for two decades now. They wanted to decrease emissions but started the project by deciding to close most of their low carbon energy production, namely their fleet of nuclear power stations. While doing that, Germany has also put […]
Read MoreSouth Korea and Japan may have coronavirus numbers that would be the envy of much of Europe and the United States, but they aren’t taking any chances as winter brings with it a dangerous spike in infections.
Read MoreBlessing and Sheryl Jossy wanted to hold a wedding extravaganza across three cities.
Read MoreOn October 17, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China passed and adopted the Export Control Law of China (the ECL), which took effect on December 1, 2020. Prior to the enactment of the ECL, China regulated imports and exports with control measures and requirements […]
Read MoreCharleston – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Paul M. Eckles as a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Charleston office from the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he practiced for 25 years. With a primary […]
Read MoreGreenland, a realm of ice and snow, is set to be living up to its name by turning truly green. And that’s bad news. The vast, largely uninhabited island is losing its ice covering at a rapid pace, scientists have warned. Between 2003 and 2016, Greenland’s massive ice sheet, which […]
Read MoreBy Mostafiz UddinDec 7 2020 (IPS-Partners) The global apparel industry is broken and only urgent, drastic surgery can fix it. I am not talking about another initiative or another public relations exercise. I am talking about deep, systemic change to be agreed by all involved—by brands, by suppliers, governments, unions […]
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