In an era of perpetual military engagements, from drone strikes in distant deserts to naval confrontations in contested seas, one glaring absence
Before one can properly answer the question about governments’ future role, we need to understand how people feel about their leaders, given that the pandemic has claimed more than 3.8 million lives and led to job losses four times greater than during the global financial crisis in 2009.
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In a recent project, the Indonesian Government and the World Bank developed interventions to support taxpayers' compliance through simple yet innovative communications. Working with 24,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), it had surprising results — that stretched beyond encouraging compliance.
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On 1 August, Turkey, ravaged by unprecedented forest fires, activated the EU Civil Protection Mechansim.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today many of the more than 13,000 Rohingya refugees forced out of their camps by flooding in Cox's Bazar which has killed at least six people were returning to their shelters to salvage belongings after a break in heavy rains, but the risk of more casualties remained high.
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Like Howard Beale, the angry TV executive in the film Network, Senator Amy Klobuchar is mad and she’s not going to take it anymore.
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Iraq is beset with crises. In the scorching summer heat, the country is suffering from electricity and water shortages, longstanding challenges that have routinely resulted in violent protests as part of wider grievances around lack of services and rampant corruption.
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Despite progress during the past 20 years, trafficking in persons, particularly children, remains a high-profit, low-risk crime and a more concerted effort is needed to fight it, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children (SRSG) said today.
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President Joe Biden’s handling of the crisis that followed Israeli plans to expel Palestinians from their Jerusalem homes in May — which included Hamas firing rockets on Israel and massive Israeli bombings of Gaza, resulting in the death of over 230 Palestinian civilians and 12 Israelis — was notable for the president’s public support for
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The Commission has granted €3.7 billion for the recovery and digital and green transition of Spain under REACT-EU.
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Ahead of the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, on 2 August, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, Věra Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, and Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality, stated:
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