KATHMANDU — Tightly coiled fern plants with a distinctive appearance emerge amid the sal tree undergrowth as the monsoon rains fall on Nepal’s fertile floodplains. Due to its resemblance to the violin scroll, the plant is known as the “fiddle-head fern,” locally called niuro. Soon, the fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) will travel to different parts of…
Update] The new INNSiDE Madrid Valdebebas hotel has just opened its doors in a fast-growing district renowned for its sustainable, humane and innovative urban planning. Owned by Saint Croix Holding Immobilier, a Pryconsa Group company which also managed the project, the hotel boasts a conference centre…
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — During a trip to Haiti on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $45 million in new humanitarian aid for the Caribbean nation, which has been wracked by violence for years. He also called for the renewal of the United Nations mandate for the Multinational Security Support…
state department — During a trip to Haiti on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $45 million in new humanitarian aid for the Caribbean nation, which has been wracked by violence for years. “At this critical moment, you do need more funding. We do need more personnel to sustain and carry out the objectives…
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than $6.5 million to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to address flood-related humanitarian needs across Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by the US Embassy in Abuja…
…Condemn Repression Of Civil Democratic Voices, Crippling Economic Policies LAGOS – The Labour and Civil Society Front (LCSFront), a coalition of the organised civil society platforms, human rights organisations, faith-based organisations, women-led associations, indigenous bodies, youths movements and labour unions in Nigeria, has given a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to...
A rights group, Empowerment for Unemployed Youth Initiative (EUYI), has warned that it will mobilise Nigerian youths to occupy the office of the Minister of State for Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri ……
The US, UK, and EU have signed the ‘first-ever international legally binding treaty’ for AI systems to abide by human rights and the rule of law. The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of law (CETS No…
Israeli forces are using war-like tactics against Palestinians in what has become the deadliest operation in the settler-occupied West Bank in decades…