On 24 May 2023, the European Commission (Commission) adopted the Retail Investment Strategy as part of its 2020 capital markets union action plan. The primary objective is to reinforce investor protection within the European Union (EU), foster trust in the financial sector and promote participation in capital markets. Investor protection […]

Countries: Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan Source: World Health Organization This funding will allow WHO to reach 7.6 million people inside Sudan and more than 500,000 individuals forced to flee to neighbouring Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan.

The Food Recognition Assistance and Nudging Insights (FRANI) App, developed in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Plant Village, and Penn State University is a new artificial intelligence (A.I.)-assisted mobile phone application, which seeks to fill in gaps in knowledge regarding foods and tracking food-group consumption, providing […]

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Photo: Pixabay/mrslorettarsmith0 As temperatures rise on the savannas of East Africa, large herbivores like giraffes need to adapt. This they have done fairly well in the Tarangire region of Tanzania, according to a decades-long study by scientists from the University of Zurich and Pennsylvania State University. The researchers observed nearly […]

The Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC), has concluded its 37th Session with reviews and recommendations on aquaculture and capture fisheries regarding the world’s largest regional fishing industry, which feeds hundreds of millions of people and provides sustainable livelihoods for hundreds of millions of others. The 37th APFIC, was hosted by the […]

Introduction On 13 June 2023, the National Labor Relations Board held, in The Atlanta Opera, Inc.,1 that it would return to a prior, employee-friendly standard for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors under the National Labor Relations Act. In doing so, the NLRB reversed another Trump-era precedent, which […]

The business of carbon capture can be controversial among those who place priority on ending carbon emissions rather than relying on technologies that seem to prolong fossil fuel use. But it promises to be a necessary US$259 billion industry by 2050, and a new report from the National Oceanic and […]