China’s increased military activity in the Taiwan Strait may have grabbed all the headlines in recent weeks, but thousands of miles to the west, another simmering territorial dispute on the country’s borders looks more likely to boil over first.
Read MoreTuvalu’s farmers have watched their crops destroyed by extreme tropical weather. They are now using Funafala ‘food cubes’ to have greater control over their harvests. By Catherine WilsonCANBERRA, Australia , Oct 13 2021 (IPS) Tuvalu, a small atoll island nation in the Central Pacific Ocean, is one of few countries […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/fietzfotos Boris Johnson is set to announce at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester that all of Britain’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2035, according to a recent report in the Times. The government suspects that the British public – tired of petrol station queues and dreading […]
Read MoreAt least five Indian soldiers and two militants were killed on Monday in a series of gun battles in Indian Kashmir, where security forces have stepped up operations after several civilian killings last week, officials said.
Read MoreCountries: Cuba, Haiti, United States of America Source: UN Children’s Fund UNICEF estimates that 80 per cent of the children are under five. Most are from southwestern Haiti and left two to three weeks after the August earthquake in an attempt to reach the U.S.
Read MoreFollowing the recent surge in consumer panic buying of fuel, the UK government announced on 27 September 2021 that it had suspended UK competition law to allow companies to share information so that fuel could continue to be effectively supplied to petrol stations that were running short. On 1 October […]
Read MoreThere’s much that’s complicated about the relatively new field of attribution science in climate change, but a team of scientists using a machine-learning technique say they hope that a comprehensive global map they have created will add some clarity on climate impacts. The newly released map is based on data […]
Read MoreBy External SourceSEOUL, Republic of Korea, Oct 12 2021 (IPS-Partners) The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) of the State of Qatar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize their joint cooperation to promote climate resiliency and green growth in the […]
Read MoreDua hektare lahan gambut masing-masing berlokasi di ruas Jalan Generasi Desa Seuneubok, Kecamatan Johan Pahlawan dan Desa Peunaga Cut, Kecamatan Meureubo, Kabupaten Aceh Barat terbakar, Selasa. “Upaya pemadaman masih …
Read MoreThe Supreme Court of Delaware recently adopted a new three-part “universal” test to determine whether pre-suit demand upon a company’s board should be excused as futile. The new test, endorsed by the Court in United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-State Pension Fund v. Zuckerberg, […]
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