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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has said that he will tweak the development strategy for the foreign tourist market and the tourism sector in anticipation of a global recession this year. “Three countries, those being the United States, China, and European countries, as global economic locomotives, have been (predicted) […]

25 January 2023 Herbert Smith Freehills To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On 17 January 2023, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor-Leste) became the 172nd state to accede the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958 (the […]

The United States of America has announced their intention to join the High Ambition Coalition on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction. The coalition, launched by the EU at the One Ocean Summit in Brest in 2022, now gathers 51 parties. These parties are committed, at the highest political level, to achieve as soon as possible an […]

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Mohammed Ismail says four of his relatives were killed by gunmen at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between April and October last year. He recalls the September night when, he says, he almost met the same fate: masked men kidnapped him, cut off parts of his left arm and leg […]

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Sheri Ritsema-Anderson of the United States of America as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Jordan, with the host government’s approval. She took up her post on 22 January. Ms. Ritsema-Anderson brings more than 20 years of experience in international relations, humanitarian affairs, social […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Nadiem Anwar Makarim on Tuesday said that 71,991 formal schools had received information and communication technology (ICT) assistance from 2020 to 2022. “We are starting with digitalization of education. This is a very historical moment where now, more than 71 thousand formal schools have received […]

Thailand’s lenient stance as well as the close ties between its armed forces and the Myanmar military — also known as Tatmadaw — would undermine the efforts of ASEAN and the international community to ease the ongoing crisis in that country, according to many independent observers. Thousands of people have died in the neighbouring country and […]

Recent studies have shown that the loss of species from plant communities can reduce ecosystem functions such as productivity, soil health, and carbon storage. This reduced functioning can destabilize ecosystems in the long term, disrupting their ability to provide essential services to our planet. However, according to a new study led by the University of […]

24 January 2023 lus Laboris To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The World Economic Forum is holding its usual event in Davos, Switzerland, this week, from 16 to 20 January 2023, to be attended by over 2,500 delegates. Under the banner of […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year. In 2022, more than 300 children – mainly aged under 5 – in Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan died of acute kidney injury, in deaths that […]