By Andrew FirminLONDON, Mar 15 2023 (IPS) Last October, Ales Bialiatski was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was one of three winners, alongside two human rights organisations: Memorial, in Russia, and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. The Nobel Committee recognised the three’s ‘outstanding effort to document war […]
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Read MoreCountry: Malawi Source: UN Resident Coordinator in Malawi Over the past three days, Cyclone Freddy has killed more than 190 people and injured dozens more overstretching the health sector already overwhelmed by the worst cholera outbreak in two decades.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/12019 Six tigers may not seem like all that many, yet the sighting of them on camera traps in a Thai wildlife sanctuary gladdened the heart of local conservationists and made news in the Southeast Asian nation. That is because experts did not expect to find so many tigers […]
Read MoreLos Angeles – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Ronie Schmelz as a partner in its Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, accompanied by Avril Love as counsel. They join K&L Gates’ Los Angeles office from Tucker Ellis LLP. Schmelz has deep industry knowledge and extensive experience advising clients in […]
Read MoreContinuing market stresses from the Russia-Ukraine war.
Read MoreCountry: Syrian Arab Republic Source: World Food Programme Bombardment, displacement, isolation, drought, economic meltdown, and now earthquakes of staggering proportions. Syrians are remarkably resilient but there’s only so much that people can take.
Read MoreBy External SourceMar 14 2023 (IPS-Partners) On Commonwealth Day, a powerful reminder of the values—justice, peace, equality, and inclusion. It is by respecting and protecting those values that the Commonwealth’s 2.5 billion citizens can help shape a different future for their communities, countries, and the planet. People […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/AlanFrijns This week, the Albanese government is attempting to reform the safeguard mechanism to try to make it actually cut emissions from our highest polluting industrial facilities. Experts and commentators see Labor’s plan as a cautious, incremental change that doesn’t yet rise to the urgency of the intensifying climate crisis. But it could […]
Read MoreThe 3rd Pacific Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Meeting concluded, marking the end of the Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry (PWAF) 2023, a five-day event held in Nadi, Fiji that brought together governments, NGOs, community-based organizations and the private sector to help chart a future for agriculture and forestry […]
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