Two weeks ago, at the Honda North America plant in the tiny town of Swepsonville, the first all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rolled off the assembly line. But the real news from the North Carolina facility is about what the new ATVs are going to replace: gas-powered lawn mowers. Honda announced last […]
Read MoreCountries: Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic Source: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification About 1.4 million people in Lebanon, Syrian and Palestinian refugees included, are projected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity classified at Crisis levels or above through October.
Read MoreWhat may happen as trade in wheat and other commodities is interrupted again.
Read MoreUniversité Abdou Moumouni de Niamey students stage a protest in support of Russia and the coup plotters. Credit: Abdoulaye Hali Aboubacar By Promise EzeSOKOTO, NIGERIA, Aug 7 2023 (IPS) On July 26 2023 a man named Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane, flanked by soldiers with military fatigues, appeared on Niger’s national television […]
Read MoreCountry: Niger Sources: ACTED, Action contre la Faim France, CARE, Concern Worldwide, COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale, Danish Refugee Council, Handicap International – Humanity & Inclusion, International NGO Safety Organisation, International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Save the Children, Solidarités International, Welthungerhilfe, World Vision The combination of sanctions […]
Read MoreCountries: Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan, Sudan Source: UN Children’s Fund Every day, children are being killed, injured, abducted, and seeing the schools, hospitals and the vital infrastructure and life-saving supplies they rely on damaged, destroyed or looted.
Read MoreGlobal law firm K&L Gates LLP has again been ranked among the very top law firms in Airfinance Journal’s 2023 Legal Survey, with the firm being recognized for the sixth year in a row as the most active law firm for structured lease transactions, as well as the second most […]
Read MoreLast month, the Indian government announced an abrupt ban on exporting non-basmati white rice, which raised fears of destabilizing rice supplies in certain parts of the world,” writes CNN in a story on India’s rice ban.
Read MoreCredit: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images By Inés M. PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug 4 2023 (IPS) The title shouldn’t fool you: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is one of the world’s longest-ruling autocrats. A political survivor, this former military commander had been bolted to his chair since 1985, presiding over […]
Read MoreCountries: Ethiopia, Sudan Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Army worms have damaged more than 24,400 hectares of cropland across 34 woredas in Tigray, while Amhara region is responding to a new cholera outbreak with a limited number of partners and resources.
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