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The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) (https://IsDBInstitute.org), Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) jointly organized a training workshop on measuring multidimensional poverty. The workshop was designed to build the capacity of IsDB Group staff in producing data-driven research that supports evidence-based policymaking. The training was held on […]

Afghanistan is heading into a “humanitarian catastrophe,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said earlier this week at a meeting with her European counterparts in Brussels. It is brutal, she said, to witness the Taliban cut off millions of Afghans from aid. Baerbock’s comments come in response to the Taliban’s decision in December to ban women from working for aid […]

BEIJING, Jan. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The global landscape has, in recent years, gone through profound, complex and turbulent changes since the end of the Cold War. In the eyes of geopolitical observers, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the intensifying geopolitical tensions and the “ripple effects” of the Ukraine crisis have led to growing upheaval in […]

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia has an undeniably natural charm. The waterfall is only one of the stunning natural beauty the country has to offer. It is a perfect place in nature to unwind. Apart from the beautiful scenery, the natural beauty of the waterfall can also be calming. Thus, it is not surprising that waterfall sites […]

Hate speech is having a demonstrable effect on society: one of the many similarities between the January attacks on Brazil’s government buildings, and the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, is that each occurred after certain groups repeatedly directed dangerous rhetoric and false claims against others. Concerns over the growing phenomenon have […]

Moderate Muslims and militant Hindu nationalists are strange bedfellows at the best of times, particularly when they come together to reshape Hindu-Muslim relations in troubled India. Yet, that is what Indonesia’s Nahdlatul Ulama and India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) seek to achieve. Nahdlatul Ulama, arguably the world’s most moderate Muslim civil society group in the […]

While the focus here is the scenery they offer, these dive spots also offer rich marine biodiversity. In fact, it’s what makes them so beautiful. Shutterstock Young Hawksbill turtle in coral reef in Rangiroa, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia Diving is a refreshing recreational activity people should often do, and there are plenty of destinations around […]

Staff Reporter SHILLONG: President of the Meghalaya Deaf Association Ferdinand Lyngdoh Marshillong on January 27 expressed frustration at the inability of the state to provide access to public transport for people with disabilities, adding that it has been a long-standing issue which is often swept under the rug. The state government, according to a reply […]

In an attempt to take the hassle out of visa applications and thus boost leisure and business activities in the country, Indonesia’s immigration authorities yesterday announced that travelers can now apply for tourist visas and their extensions online – which comes with digital payment options.  In a statement sent to Coconuts, the country’s Director General […]

A handful of hyper-productive fisheries provide sustenance to a billion people and employ tens of millions. These fisheries occur on the eastern edges of the world’s oceans – off the West Coast of the U.S., the Canary Islands, Peru, Chile, and Benguela. There, a process called upwelling brings cold water and nutrients to the […]