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    Energy

    Fine, Sanctions, or Waiver: Iranian Gas Will Come at a Price for Pakistan

    The Iranian/Pakistani gas pipeline likely to top agenda for the visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Pakistan. The visit takes place in an...
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    Civil society

    Sanctions on Russia: Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction

    In addition to supplying Ukraine with military weapons, governments around the world also have deployed economic weapons against Russia — a dangerous nuclear power....
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    Afghanistan

    Time Running Out to Address Afghanistan’s Hunger Crisis; Without a Functioning Central Bank, Aid Not Enough

    The drought and a shortage of funds has fuelled an economic crisis – more than 70 percent of Afghanistan’s population live in rural areas...
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    Finance and Economy

    The Lessons of the Economic War on Russia

    Counterintuitively — at least to defence hawks who see economic openness as a threat — the collective economic sanctions imposed after Russia’s brutal invasion...
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    Accountability

    UN’s Political Hypocrisy– as Multi-Million Dollar Purchases Continue from a Blacklisted Russia

    The UN has rules and guidelines for ethical behaviour of suppliers and contractors. But the violation of a country’s sovereignty and the invasion of...
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    Food Security

    Global Experts Unveil First International Food Pyramid Prioritising Plant Foods and Quality Carbohydrates

    The authors stress that individual knowledge alone is insufficient. Food environments – marketing, pricing, availability and access – must support healthier choices.
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    Clean tech

    Ultra-Thin Carbon Nanomembranes Deliver Fivefold Boost in Water Purification Efficiency

    The Convert2Green Open Innovation Test Bed remains open to enterprises seeking to evaluate and adapt the technology for their specific needs.
    Air

    Delhi Turns to Cloud Seeding in High-Stakes Gamble Against Choking Winter Smog

    Aviation crews remain stationed near their hangars, radar screens remain trained on western horizons, and some 30 million residents across the capital region wait to see whether engineered clouds can offer a rare gasp of clean air.

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    Food Security

    Global Experts Unveil First International Food Pyramid Prioritising Plant Foods and Quality Carbohydrates

    The authors stress that individual knowledge alone is insufficient. Food environments – marketing, pricing, availability and access – must support healthier choices.
    Clean tech

    Ultra-Thin Carbon Nanomembranes Deliver Fivefold Boost in Water Purification Efficiency

    The Convert2Green Open Innovation Test Bed remains open to enterprises seeking to evaluate and adapt the technology for their specific needs.
    Clean tech

    Toxic Rivers, Fractured Lands: How Myanmar’s Conflict Mining Poisons Borders and Futures

    Mining in Myanmar’s eastern borderlands has become a transboundary crisis. What was once framed as a potential engine for development now fuels armed conflict, weakens governance, and spreads toxic pollution through shared river systems into Thailand.
    Air

    Delhi Turns to Cloud Seeding in High-Stakes Gamble Against Choking Winter Smog

    Aviation crews remain stationed near their hangars, radar screens remain trained on western horizons, and some 30 million residents across the capital region wait to see whether engineered clouds can offer a rare gasp of clean air.
    Climate change

    Climate Off the Charts: UN Warns ‘Supersized’ El Niño Will Propel Record Global Heating and Disasters Into 2027

    The complete and peer-reviewed State of the Global Climate 2026 report will be officially presented in March 2027, incorporating verified input from dozens of national meteorological and hydrological agencies worldwide.

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