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Newswise — A new study suggests that the format in which graphs are presented may be biasing people into being too optimistic or pessimistic about the trends the graphs display. Academics from City, University of London and University College London found that when people made predictions about how a trend would develop over time, they […]

Uruguay increasingly has to fend off effects of water scarcity, while authorities are moving to secure provision for human consumption. Argentina, Chile and Bolivia have taken similar steps. An agricultural emergency was declared in October and recently extended through April as the situation has not improved, according to a press release by the agriculture ministry. Since the original […]

Integrated river basin and power system simulation The multisector simulation model integrates the independent river basin and the power system simulators. The system integration is implemented using the Python Network Simulation (Pynsim) library33, which coordinates model inputs and outputs to form a single simulation at model run-time representing feedback across the models (see Supplementary Fig. […]

(© Norman Chan – stock.adobe.com) By Mel Gurtov Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has just visited Washington, drawing attention to how Japan is remaking its national security policy. He’s winning applause from Washington and hearing anguish in Beijing. Here’s the background: Ever since the American occupation of Japan after World War II, that country’s national […]

Jeddah, Kingdom Saudi Arabia: The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI), 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 […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Everyone saw the unpredictability of external factors as 2023 rolled in, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati observed at the “BRI Micro Finance Outlook 2023” on Thursday. “Even some international institutions competed, making projections that made it even more depressing/grim,” the minister said at the event, which was accessed from here on Thursday. […]

Intl judges reopen Philippines ‘war on drugs’ investigation THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges on Thursday cleared the way for the court’s prosecution office to resume its investigation into the so-called war on drugs in the Philippines. Prosecutor Karim Khan asked judges for permission last year to reactivate his inquiry into alleged […]

Guest writer Andrei Buruiana draws his conclusions after the 2023 World Economic Forum in Davos looking at six major themes discussed by the world leaders and their impact on the economy and investments. Every year, the World Economic Forum gathers heads of state, heads of large corporations, and leaders of multinational organizations, such as the […]

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is going to hold a meeting about the situation in Afghanistan on Friday, following the trip of Amina Mohammed, the deputy chief of the UN, to the country. Shahad Matar, a spokesperson for the UAE permanent mission to the UN said on Twitter that the meeting is requested by […]

Another holiday, another massive jam. A TikToker on a motorcycle took a video of the tailback of cars from the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) to Woodlands Checkpoint to the Johor Bahru Checkpoint on the eve of Chinese New Year. The TikToker, who calls herself Anda The Sea, uploaded the 75-second video on Jan 21. She […]