How climate change will affect your pets and how you can help them cope
10 Agustus 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pexels/Kelvin Valerio Earth has just experienced its hottest month since records began. Extreme heat isn’t just challenging for humans; it brings suffering to our beloved pets, too. Research I was involved in examined how climate change affects the welfare of animals, including pets. My colleagues and I used a concept for […]
Read MoreWithin the framework of the WTO, IFPRI, and IICA launch Latin American Network of Agrifood Trade Negotiators
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentDeal reached with the Government of Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountries: Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye Source: UN News Centre For the next six months, the Bab al-Hawa border crossing will be accessible to allow much-needed humanitarian aid to reach millions of people in northwest Syria.
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Taking Stock of Two Decades of Trailblazing Protocol on Women’s Rights in Africa
9 Agustus 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentWomen and girls in Kenya’s West Pokot celebrate as the government cracks down on those practising harmful Female Genital Mutilation in the area. CREDIT: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce ChimbiNAIROBI, Aug 9 2023 (IPS) It promised to be the most defining, groundbreaking, and transformative protocol on African women’s rights. Specific in […]
Read MoreSudan: Doctors warn of disease catastrophe due to mounting dead bodies in Khartoum
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Sudan Source: Save the Children Prolonged power shortages have left the city’s morgues without refrigeration, leaving bodies to decompose in the heat, and causing the risk of major disease outbreaks, warns Save the Children.
Read MoreBTR Series Part 3: Indirect Tax—What Else Could Be Done and How Should Tax Regulations Align?
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe term “indirect tax” is used to describe taxes that are imposed on goods, land, or services (or transactions involving goods, land, or services). In contrast, “direct taxes” are imposed on income or profits. The most relevant indirect taxes in a build-to-rent context are goods and services tax (GST), transfer […]
Read MoreK&L Gates Welcomes Insurance Litigation Partner to Washington, D.C., Office
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentWashington, D.C. – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Geoffrey Greeves to the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice area. He joins the firm’s Washington, D.C., office from Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. Greeves recovers insurance proceeds for corporate policyholders in disputed claims, coverage litigation matters, and adversary proceedings […]
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Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThank You Thank you for advocating for Indigenous Peoples’ rights and urging EU legislators to include references to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ILO 169, and the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Critical […]
Read MoreBlockade in Nagorno-Karabakh: When Bread and Sanitary Pads Become Luxury Items
8 Agustus 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentTatev Azizyan, a 28-year-old journalist from Nagorno-Karabakh, says she has explained to her child that they both have to switch to “energy save mode” to survive. “Some bread and slices of tomato and cucumber, that’s all I can give my seven-year-old daughter for breakfast. Dairy products like sugar or eggs […]
Read MoreSEC Adopts Final Rules for Cybersecurity Disclosures
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCompanies will soon face new reporting requirements with respect to cybersecurity incidents and governance after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules on 26 July 2023. The final rules supplement prior disclosure guidance from 2011 and 2018, adding an affirmative obligation to disclose cybersecurity incidents and centralizing […]
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