A combination of climate change and shifting trade practices has sent the price of rice soaring. This is problematic in many parts of the world, where the grain is the staple of regional diets.

Indigenous Women Speaking through Sounds Country Global agnes Tue, 08/29/2023 – 14:59 Issues Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Rosy Gonzáles (Maya Kaqchikel, CS Staff) and Guadalupe Pastrana (Nahua, CS Staff)  Indigenous Women in Radio 2023, a three-day event organized by Cultural Survival for women from Indigenous community radio […]

Country: Niger Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Recent violence and attacks by non-state armed groups, especially near the Mali and Burkina Faso borders, have led to over 20,000 new internal displacements in the last month.

On 18 July 2023, Singapore’s data protection authority published proposed guidelines on the use of personal data in artificial intelligence (AI) systems (Proposed Guidelines). The Proposed Guidelines will be up for public consultation until 31 August 2023, and they aim to address how Singapore’s privacy laws will apply to organizations […]

Russia’s shift to “Diverted Fertilizer Exports” towards China and India raises food security concerns: Nikkei (Japan) quotes IFPRI’s Director of Communications and Public Affairs Charlotte Hebebrand who noted, “Russia is clearly concerned about fertilizer exports. With rising fertilizer prices and ongoing conflict in Ukraine, securing revenue through exports has become […]

On 8 August 2023, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) published its consultation conclusions on proposed amendments to enforcement-related provisions of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap 571) of the Laws of Hong Kong (the SFO). The SFC will proceed with the proposal to broaden the territorial […]