Photo: Pixabay/Darkmoon_Art  Concrete has been dubbed the “most destructive material on earth” and for good reason. “By the time you are halfway through this article, the volume would fill the Albert Hall and spill out into Hyde Park. In a day it would be almost the size of China’s Three […]

Global conflicts, a lingering pandemic, inflation, erratic swings in the price of energy, fertilizers and basic foods – these are just some of the major challenges facing countries and people in the Asia-Pacific region as it marked World Food Day on 16 October, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the […]

Introduction The non-fungible token, known as the “NFT,” has risen to prominence in the digital assets market as a new asset class. NFTs saw US$17.7 billion in sales in 2021 alone. They have since garnered attention from celebrities, artists, luxury brands, and video game companies as a novel way to […]

Sydney – Global law firm K&L Gates has advised Real I.S., a German real estate investment fund manager, on the sale of the Geosciences Australia property to funds managed by Charter Hall for A$363.5 million.  The deal sets a record for the highest sale price of any office building in […]

Agricultural information systems continue to fail women—Videos can make a difference Oct 17, 2022 Oct 17, 2022 pfowlkes Mon, 10/17/2022 – 14:45 Agricultural information systems continue to fail women—Videos can make a difference Agricultural information systems continue to fail women—Videos can make a difference India Kenya Uganda Press Release Gender […]

Country: Kenya Source: United Nations Population Fund Women/girls who usually fetch water, are at risk to sexual exploitation, violence and abuse on their search for boreholes. The situation is highly dangerous as hostilities mount due to scarce resources.

A barefoot young man in rolled-up jeans clutches a laptop as he slogs through a narrow muddy aisle between rice fields on a drizzling late September afternoon. He’s rushing to help a farm couple who are facing trouble with their ducks in a coastal village in southern Bangladesh. The middle-aged […]

An exciting find in Hawaii is bringing renewed hope that a plant species once thought extinct in the wild, but now under careful cultivation in a secret location, will spark continued efforts to protect biodiversity on the islands. The flowering Delissea argutidentata plant, native to Hawaii, was last seen growing in […]

Country: Uganda Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an Emergency Appeal to scale up these activities—targeting 2.7 million people.