Photo: Pixabay/ckstockphoto As temperatures continue to rise worldwide we are losing our ability to make the best use of biomass from crops as a renewable energy source, scientists say. Unless we step up our efforts to embrace bioenergy and other renewables in favor of fossil fuels, we will miss our […]
Read MorePress Briefing: Taking Stock of Global Food Security six months into the Ukraine-Russia Conflict Sep 9, 2022 Sep 9, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 09/09/2022 – 11:26 Press Briefing: Taking Stock of Global Food Security six months into the Ukraine-Russia Conflict Press Briefing: Taking Stock of Global Food Security six months into […]
Read MoreCountry: Myanmar Sources: Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, Save the Children Violent attacks on schools increased to more than 190 in 2021, from 10 in 2020, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack said in a report released on Friday.
Read MoreKaty Rodríguez (R) and her son (in his father’s arms) when they were reunited after leaving the Migrant Assistance Centre in San Salvador following their deportation. Like thousands of other families, mother and son were separated for four months after entering the United States without the proper documents. Credit: Edgardo […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has passed a new law declaring itself a nuclear weapons state in a move leader Kim Jong Un says is “irreversible.”
Read MoreEuropean Union Commissioner Thierry Breton, speaking in Eindhoven this week, stressed the importance of collective EU defense amid mounting climate, energy and other global challenges. In comments that echoed those of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other European leaders, his address on European sovereignty called for “a common aspiration to […]
Read MoreCountry: South Sudan Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs On Wednesday, fighting erupted near Adidiang, where several thousands of the displaced had taken refuge, leading to civilian deaths, injuries and further displacement.
Read More74% of people in G20 countries want economic systems to change, survey finds. Credit: Paul Virgo / IPS. By Paul VirgoROME, Sep 8 2022 (IPS) In 1972 the Club of Rome alerted the world to the harm human economic systems were doing to the health of our planet in its […]
Read MoreMilan – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Elio Marena as a partner in the corporate practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Milan office from Colonna Caramanti with Marena. Marena focuses his practice on corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, as well as general […]
Read MoreThere are 244 million children out of school. Credit: Shafiqul Alam Kiron/IPS By Baher KamalMADRID, Sep 7 2022 (IPS) More than two-thirds of 10-year-olds are unable to read and understand a simple text. This shocking finding should be enough to be alarmed about the horrifying fate of an entire generation. […]
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