ANTARA – Satu lagi warga Kabupaten Kotawaringin Timur, Kalimantan Tengah, ditetapkan menjadi tersangka pembakar lahan. Namun karena usianya sudah sangat sepuh, Polsek Ketapan tidak menahannya di tahanan. (Redianto Tumon/Sandi …

Menteri PUPR mengatakan, belanja infrastruktur harus berkualitas dan mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional

Jul 9, 2019 In the News Do climate fluctuations affect global crop yields? (ANI) Climate Change Asian News International (ANI) reported on the findings of a new study on the impact of climate fluctuations on global crop yields. The article described the key findings of the study, including projected variability in […]

Source: European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Country: Ukraine The assistance includes essential support such as healthcare, shelter repairs, water, cash transfers and Education in Emergencies projects. This brings the total to €133.8 million. At the 21st EU-Ukraine Summit in Kyiv, the European Union and […]

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: South Sudan Eight years ago, South Sudan became the world’s youngest nation. Today UNHCR is appealing to its leaders to hasten efforts to end what has become Africa’s largest displacement crisis. This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie […]

By Luis Felipe López-CalvaUNITED NATIONS, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) Transparency is a critical element of making governance more effective. By making information available, it creates a foundation for greater accountability to citizens. In recent decades, transparency has been on the rise across Latin America and the Caribbean. According to data […]

By Jomo Kwame SundaramKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) For decades, the two Bretton Woods institutions have rejected the contribution of industrial policy (IP), or government investment and technology promotion efforts, in accelerating and sustaining growth, industrialization and structural transformation. Finally, two International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff members, Reda […]

By Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM / ROME, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) The Libyan catastrophe and the suffering of ”illegal” migrants are generally depicted as fairly recent events, though they are actually the results of a long history of greed, contempt for others and fatal shortsightedness. Like former Yugoslavia, Libya was created from […]

Sandton Gautrain Station in Johannesburg, South Africa. By Finbarr ToeslandUNITED NATIONS, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) Megacities, cities with a population of at least 10 million, are sprouting everywhere in Africa. Cairo in Egypt, Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Lagos in Nigeria are already megacities, while […]

The United Nations said the current internet shutdown in Sudan forms part of a larger effort to stifle the free expression and association of the Sudanese population, and to curtail the ongoing protests in the country. In this dated picture, Sudanese journalists attend a press conference. Courtesy: Albert González Farran […]