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In October 2022, the 68th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was held in Portorož, Slovenia. IWC68 was also the first meeting in which Japan, which withdrew from the IWC in 2019, participated as an observer.  This first session in four years brought attention to the IWC’s changing priorities, including several points of significance […]

JAKARTA: Emboldened by its leadership of the Business 20 (B20) agenda under last year’s Indonesia-led Group of 20 (G20) forum, Indonesia’s private sector has set out to make South-East Asia the centre of gravity in a world struggling for economic and political direction. Asean’s claim to leadership had always been belittled elsewhere, particularly in the […]

Mohali: In the wake of the upcoming G-20 summit to be held at Chandigarh, the approach roads from Mohali to Chandigarh are being spruced up at a fast pace. Mohali municipal corporation (MC) is spending Rs 28 lakh for face-lifting of the two roads from where the delegates of about 40 countries and international organisations […]

Geneva, Jan 25 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent call for countries to crack down on substandard medical products, after more than 300 children died in multiple countries due to contaminated cough syrups. Over the past four months, the WHO said, several incidents have been reported of over-the-counter cough syrups […]

(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) The Secretary of State’s speech to the trade community on her top five priorities for trade, delivered at Lancaster House. By Kemi Badenoch The first part of my speech focuses on my priorities for the year ahead. The second is about how I want to work with you to deliver them […]

“It’s still early days … (but) I am hopeful the Anwar government can be much more proactive on the climate and biodiversity agenda,” said Meena Raman, president of Friends of the Earth Malaysia. “Recognising the climate emergency, recognising the importance of adaptation and loss and damage – there is a lot that can be done,” […]

Introduction Patient education, as part of professional nurses’ education responsibilities, ensures that healthy knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and habits are acquired by both healthy and sick people. Today’s patient education has recently shifted its emphasis from a concentration on illness pathophysiology and treatment to one that includes disease prevention, patient development, and the care of the […]

LONDON, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Asia can defy a global economic slowdown in 2023 through an acceleration in digital transformation, greater regional coordination, and balanced monetary policies, according to new research from the London-based think tank, Asia House.  The Asia House Annual Outlook 2023 examines how Asia’s economies can prevail and deliver robust growth […]

LONDON, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Asia can defy a global economic slowdown in 2023 through an acceleration in digital transformation, greater regional coordination, and balanced monetary policies, according to new research from the London-based think tank, Asia House.  The Asia House Annual Outlook 2023 examines how Asia’s economies can prevail and deliver robust growth […]

Summary Background New classes of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) combining mixtures of insecticides with different modes of action could put malaria control back on track after rebounds in transmission across sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated the relative efficacy of pyriproxyfen-pyrethroid LLINs and chlorfenapyr-pyrethroid LLINs compared with standard LLINs against malaria transmission in an area of high […]