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Nature-based solutions (NbS), a hotly debated concept, gained significant political traction throughout 2022, even as challenges and concerns over the failure to implement biodiversity and human rights safeguards in current and future NbS projects have increased among Indigenous peoples and NGOs. Recent global policy instruments have recognised NbS, including the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted […]

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and others have warned that deglobalisation would negatively impact the world and especially emerging economies. Speaking at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023 at a session on trade, growth and investment, the Director General, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said: “We say the future of trade is services; […]

Whether or not China will be deterred by the Quad-4 agenda and other security-related happenings in South East Asia is now hotly debated by political punditry. The phenomenal increase in the military budget of Japan accounting for doubling its military strength by 2027, Australia on the lookout for nuclear subs, and India working on the […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini issued a ministerial circular instructing regional authorities to take action against the exploitation of the elderly for financial gains, in response to the online begging phenomenon by exploiting aged people. As per the statement received here, Wednesday (January 18), the minister issued Circular No. 2 of 2023, […]

Agencies Washington, United States   ●   Thu, January 19, 2023 2023-01-19 11:50 0 5c4ec6c0663df738e36394020c7e0057 2 Asia and Pacific Janet-L-Yellen,China,US,diplomacy,geopolitics,Xi-Jinping,Joe-Biden,G20 Free US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to China soon, following “constructive” discussions with her Chinese counterpart Wednesday, Washington said, as the two countries seek to boost ties and reduce tensions. The first face-to-face […]

Y-20 transport aircraft participate in a close formation taxi known as “elephant walk” on the runway. Photo:China Military A top surface-to-air missile unit of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently took part in a systematic confrontational exercise, in which it for the first time tested its quick deployment capability by flying with […]

One of Medellin’s 30 green corridors with dense tree and understorey plantings runs along La Playa Avenue. Credit: Shutterstock Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have endured a number of recent disastrous events. It’ll get […]

Anindito Ariwandono (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Bandung   ●   Thu, January 19, 2023 The Norwich-based brothers who comprise electronic duo Sunda Arc talk about their harrowingly beautiful sophomore studio album Night Lands, learning hard rock songs as teens and busking in their formative years. On Sept. 16, 2022, brothers Jordan and Nick Smart shared […]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held their first in-person meeting in Zurich on Jan. 18, 2023. Sebastien Bozon | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese Vice Premier Liu He discussed U.S. economic and tech policy toward China in a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday, […]

Senior minister says his own country has set an example for the military stepping back An empty chair for the Myanmar delegation is pictured at a meeting of representatives of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly during the Asean Summit in Phnom Penh on Nov 10 last year. (Photo: Reuters) DAVOS, Switzerland: An Indonesian senior minister has […]