2022 Year in Review: 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’
A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need in a myriad of...
Cryptocurrency upheaval could be a blessing in disguise for the future of blockchain technology
By Tom Cassauwers
Sam Bankman-Fried was the darling of the cryptocurrency world, then he became its black sheep. In November of this year, the cryptocurrency company...
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox)...
Russia and Iran are building a Trade Route that defies sanctions
Russia and Iran are building a new transcontinental trade route stretching from the eastern edge of Europe to the Indian Ocean, a 3,000–kilometer (1,860–mile)...
Low engagement in corporate training? Custom eLearning Solutions can help
Have you heard of quiet quitting? It is a new name for long-practiced employee behavior. Employees who aren't happy with their job resort to...
Russian Finance Minister: We will look for new markets for Russian oil away from the West
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov in an exclusive interview with Saudi TV-channel ‘Al Sharq’ said the United States is the main beneficiary of Western...
Russia goes toward de-dollarization
The West’s primary point of concern should be Russia and China’s recent commitment to de-dollarize their transactions and establish a financial bubble immune to...
New partnership aims to accelerate Global Biodiversity Framework implementation
At the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), 23 countries and organizations, led by Colombia and supported by Germany, launched a partnership to accelerate country-led implementation...
How the European Union can avoid natural gas shortages in 2023
The European Union faces a potential shortfall of almost 30 billion cubic metres of natural gas in 2023 – but this gap can be...
WMO releases ‘tell-tale signs’ of extreme weather conditions around the world
From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost billions this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)...