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Jenny Vaughan (Agence France-Presse) (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Paris   ●   Fri, January 20 2023 Sustainable influencer Masego Morgan was shocked when a fast fashion giant offered her US$1,000 for a single social media post to promote its brand.  Not only had the South African social media star never been offered that kind of […]

In recent weeks, China launched a personnel reshuffle on the foreign policy front. Beijing appointed Qin Gang, former ambassador to the United States, as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, while former foreign affairs spokesperson Zhao Lijian was transferred to the Boundary and Ocean Affairs department of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry. Some political analysts view these changes as possible signs […]

Jakarta on Thursday called for a regional effort to address the crisis of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea after escaping from their homeland of Myanmar, where they are persecuted and stateless, or from crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh. Southeast Asian nations should cooperate on rescue operations so that the task doesn’t fall only to Indonesia, […]

Please join us for a keynote address and moderated conversation on: EU – AU cooperation in the climate change and energy space (In-person only event). Keynote address by Hon Chris Bowen (MP), Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy. The Hon Chris Bowen MP was appointed Minister for Climate Change and Energy on […]

Author: Renaud Egreteau, City University of Hong Kong Three decades on from the nationwide uprising in Myanmar in 1988, the country has been shaken by another whirlwind of contention against military rule. Yet this time it has widened into a revolutionary uproar, which has not abated since the army seized control — again — in […]

Imran Khalid (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Karachi, Pakistan   ●   Thu, January 19 2023 In a matter of days, things have suddenly taken a very ugly turn for United States President Joe Biden. It appears his political career has plunged into an uncertain patch. This year started on a rather positive note for President […]

Deadline: February 28, 2023 Applications are open for the Climate Tracker Solutions Story Grant on Plastics 2023. Climate Tracker Asia is now accepting pitches for a new reporting initiative focused on plastic pollution and solutions to combat the problem. Countries across Asia Pacific are struggling to deal with the challenges caused by plastic throughout its […]

DAVOS, Switzerland/DAKAR, Jan 19 (Reuters) – A team of U.S. Treasury officials will visit China in February to prepare for a visit by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, two sources familiar with the plans told Reuters on Thursday. Treasury announced Yellen’s plans to travel to China and welcome her counterparts to the United States in […]

© Duccio Malagamba + 21 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/994696/mtmg-house-noarq Area Area of this architecture project Area :  882 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year :  2022 Photographs Lead Architect : José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira © Duccio Malagamba Text description provided by the architects. A single-family house […]

Last year, 5,621 Christians were murdered, 2,110 churches were attacked, and 4,542 Christians were detained because of reasons related to their faith. For the past 31 years, the Open Doors World Watch List has tracked such persecution, offered a global indicator of countries where human and religious rights are being violated, and highlighted those countries […]