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    ILO Adopts New Guidelines On Biological Hazards In The World Of Work

    Groundbreaking new guidelines on handling biological hazards in the workplace have been agreed by experts representing governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations at a...
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    Ocean Heat, Deoxygenation and Acidification are “Alarming”, Says WMO

    Global mean sea level reached a new record high in 2021, after increasing at an average 4.5 mm per year over the period 2013...
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    Accountability

    Human Rights Defenders Write to Guterres; Say Next OHCHR Must be a Rights Champion

    The post of High Commissioner should be filled by someone of high moral standing and personal integrity, and who is independent and impartial and...
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    Civil society

    As Crises and Obstacles Stack Up, What Next for Funding?

    Opportunity International UK is testing the water with impact investing, having launched a $100m partnership with Oikocredit, a social impact investor, to invest in...
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    Governance

    Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander $156.000 Every Minute on Their ‘MAD’ Policy

    The US spent a whopping $44.2 billion on nuclear weapons. China was the only other country crossing the ten billion mark, spending 11.7 billion...
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    Accountability

    Jobs Will Not Empower Young Women Until We Address Sexual Harassment

    Local authorities are often men who often dismiss their cases, blame the women, or telling them to be ‘forgiving’. Young women and their families...
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    Accountability

    Civil Society Holding the Line in Contested Times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report

    Current crises are exposing the inadequacies of the international governance system, says CIVICUS in its annual report on the State of Civil Society. The...
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    Accountability

    Japan’s Kishida Retreats from New Capitalism

    When it came to the foundational principle — that healthy growth and a more equal distribution of income needed each other — Kishida surrendered...
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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

    The Ministry of Rural Development has stated that the rules seek to institutionalise a citizen-centric, accessible and time-bound framework, thereby reinforcing the rights and entitlements of rural households under the scheme. 
    IPR and patent regime

    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

    Whether the process ever supplies meaningful quantities of gold will depend on breakthroughs still to come in fusion engineering and materials science.
    Civil society

    South Asia Democracy Conference Opens in Colombo Amid Regional Democratic Challenges

    As the three-day programme continues, participants will explore practical questions of democratic renewal.

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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

    The Ministry of Rural Development has stated that the rules seek to institutionalise a citizen-centric, accessible and time-bound framework, thereby reinforcing the rights and entitlements of rural households under the scheme. 
    IPR and patent regime

    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

    Whether the process ever supplies meaningful quantities of gold will depend on breakthroughs still to come in fusion engineering and materials science.
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    Myanmar Junta Rebrands, Lifts Emergency, but Critics Say It’s a Power Grab Ahead of ‘Fake’ Election

    According to the junta, the NDSC will now assume all legislative, executive, and judicial powers, as permitted under Article 427(a) of the 2008 Constitution.
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    Air

    Syrians turn war missiles into heaters as winter grips

    Blacksmiths in Syria are converting missiles into heaters that...
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    Preliminary questions Budget 2022 raises

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    Sri Lanka Under FATF Scrutiny as NGO Oversight Measures Draw Global Attention

    The balance struck in Colombo will be watched as a test case for risk-based implementation of FATF Recommendation 8 across the region.
    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan’s Opium Cultivation Surges 325% in 2026 Despite Taliban Ban, UN Reports

    Sustained monitoring will be essential to determine whether 2026 marks a temporary adjustment or the start of a broader recovery of Afghanistan’s opium economy.
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    Sri Lanka Weighs Nuclear Option for Reliable Low-Carbon Power

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