Building the future with self-healing concrete and biocement
After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth. With applications from housing and industry to coastal defence and infrastructure, concrete and...
CFP: IV Eurasian Research on Modern China and Eurasia Conference
Academic conference: Eurasian Research on Modern China and Eurasia
Fourth Edition
Dates: December 2-3, 2022The focus of the conference is on modern China-Eurasia studies in a...
A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous women
Venezuela's rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country's socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro...
Key UN forum closes with ‘enthusiasm, passion and high-energy’ to reach the SDGs
Following two years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19, the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) closed on Friday at UN Headquarters...
Champion young people as ‘drivers of change’
Young people must be recognized around the world as “drivers of change” and empowered to become “fully engaged in decisions affecting their future,” said...
UN: Ensure peaceful and constitutional transfer of power in Sri Lanka
The head of the UN Country Team in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with...
South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’
A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability...
Strengthening multilateralism ‘only way’ to peaceful world for all
Stronger collaboration among countries is the only sustainable path to a peaceful, stable, prosperous world for all, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told G20 Foreign...
Sri Lanka’s misery should be warning to us all on global food, fuel and finance crisis
Countries already under pressure from the economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic turmoil and human misery as Sri Lanka,...
As Impacts of COVID-19 Recede, Lao PDR Faces New Challenges
While the negative impacts of COVID-19 appear to be receding, households in the Lao PDR are facing new and emerging challenges, some as aftershocks...