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By: Kevin Sullivan South Florida CODEPINK's planned protest of Representative Brian Mast at his Stuart, Florida office on Monday, April 23, turned into an encounter with the genocide-supporting elected…

Natural disasters can have an enormous impact on people, including survivors, first responders, eyewitnesses, and even those who watch related media reports on television. The Disaster Distress Helpline, at 1-800-985-5990, can provide…

Every year the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants administers the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC). This board exam is the last hurdle for an aspiring chartered accountant en route to qualifying. The latest…

San Antonio, Texas, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A second Fisher House was dedicated today at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans’ Hospital by Executive Director Dr. Julianne Flynn and President of Fisher House Foundation…

The main water supply to South Africa’s economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country’s breadbasket in the Free State, is scheduled to be cut off for six months. Maintenance work on the 37 kilometre…

South Africa’s government is calling for public comments on an updated version of its existing biodiversity economy plan. The National Biodiversity Economy Strategy aims to conserve biodiversity while also contributing to job…

7.1. Distributed Powers between Actors; Weak PlanningOne of the key aspects examined in this research is the role of T&T projects as a power distribution passage in the process and as a hub node between the actors involved. Making…

U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring record flooding in parts of southeastern South Dakota following rainfall and warmer temperatures.  Rain that fell on snow from March 14-15 led to record flooding in the James, Vermillion…

South Africa has plenty of environmental laws but none that specifically oblige government officials to consider the risks and impacts of climate change when they approve new developments. In their research, environmental law…

More than two million leisure journeys by car will be made today RAC said  By Eirian Jane Prosser Published: 01:35 EDT, 1 April 2024 | Updated: 01:39 EDT, 1 April 2024 <!-- <!-- --> <!--…

Political instability and economic decline in Zimbabwe have accelerated migration to South Africa in the last two decades. Because of the overriding socio-economic focus of the migration, people often fail to understand the effects…

South Africa’s Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors lived some 35,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. These clues are captured in the dunes they once traversed, today cemented and…

BEIRUT —  Three United Nations observers and a translator were wounded on Saturday when a shell exploded near them as they were carrying out a foot patrol in south Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping mission said, adding it was still…

The San Antonio Area Foundation, our region’s philanthropic leader, in partnership with Geekdom, San Antonio’s collaborative startup community, has announced the creation of the Accelerate South Texas Fund. The Accelerate South…

Since the start of the conflict in South Sudan over 10 years ago, growing humanitarian needs compounded by dire food shortages, continued insecurity, and the impacts of climate change, have kept refugees in exile and prompted new…

A meal or food shopping experience can be more interesting and enjoyable when you know more about a particular product, like what region it came from and the culture that shaped it. Knowing what makes the food “unique” can improve…

The main areas of assistance include helping the Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees to restore/maintain contact with their loved ones, as well as improving their access to essential health care services, clean drinking water,…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Better collaboration is urgently needed to mitigate the impacts of climate change on three key river basins…

1. IntroductionThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change (IPCC) reported that rice paddies are recognized as sources of considerable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important staple foods…

1. IntroductionGlobally, the aspiration for sustainable cities and communities is expressed in United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11, which focuses on making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and…

South Africa is in the middle of a deep electricity crisis. In 2023 the public, many of whom are voters, experienced the worst loadshedding to date, losing power for an average of five hours a day. The power shortages were largely…

Proposed integrated system where local NGOs provide community scientists with support, training and knowledge transfer to promote inclusivity and data verification.…

Same-sex relationships are legal in South Africa and protected by the constitution. Unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is against the law. But in practice many cultures don’t necessarily see this as a right.…

By Louis Aguirre and Anastasia Pavlinskaya Brenman This article originally appeared on Local10.com. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – For the third straight year, Miami Beach is hosting critical conversations about climate change and…

By Marieke Vandeweyer South Africa has suffered from persistently high unemployment and low labour force participation rates. The resulting under-use of skills is a waste of valuable productive resources and is likely to lead to…

The Advancing Women in the Workplace Legal Forum celebrated two successful years of the AWW mentorship program, unveiled the results of a survey analyzing barriers and challenges for Black women in the legal profession and announced the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 14, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is investigating six additional cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This brings the…

South Africa’s foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, said the country’s citizens fighting for the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza faced prosecution upon their return. This statement followed tension between South Africa and Israel amid the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 15, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is investigating nine additional cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This brings the total…

Each weekday, hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers in South Africa’s rural areas (which make up just over 31% of the country’s total area) make the journey to school. It’s often difficult. Poor road networks and a lack of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 16, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has reported the state’s first death related to COVID-19 novel coronavirus. “We regret to…

Apr 1, 2022 | 12:30 PM CEST - 2:00 PM CESTDescriptionTax evasion and other forms of illicit financial flows (IFFs) are a major policy challenge for developing and emerging economies, particularly in light of the increased fiscal…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 16, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is investigating five additional cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This brings the total…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 17, 2020    COLUMBIA, S.C. —   The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is investigating 14 additional cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This brings the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 18, 2020    COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is investigating 13 additional cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This brings the total…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 30, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced two additional deaths related to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This brings the…

The Uttara Kannada region of south India is renowned for its unique lithomargic clays (locally known as shedi soil), attracting significant attention from geotechnical and geological researchers due to their distinctive mineralogical and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:May 10, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 113 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and one additional death. This…

WPBF 25 First Warning Meteorologist Potential for more flooding and isolated tornado threat in South Florida…

1. IntroductionNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) continue to increase globally, with a disproportionate impact on low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) . As the primary cause of death, NCDs account for 41 million deaths annually,…

taipei, taiwan —  Taiwan has been grappling with debates over the last week about a potential visit to an island in the disputed South China Sea by its outgoing president. Some lawmakers from the main opposition party Kuomintang, which…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:September 3, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is clarifying misunderstanding around newly released data from the U.S. Centers for…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:September 13, 2020 COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is launching a new immunization information system that will help the agency and…

For ecologists, one of the most pressing questions is to understand how ecosystems will change or adapt as the climate changes rapidly. We are already seeing many species of plant and animal moving uphill and towards the poles in…

3.1. New Land Cover ClimatologyFigure 3 exhibits the new land cover maps based on the 2010–2020 climatology of the ESACCI product, reclassified for the IGBP classifications (Figure 3A) and UMD classifications (Figure 3B), respectively.…

Nearly three decades into democracy, land reform remains central to South Africa’s transformation policies and agricultural policy. We have over the years pointed out that the progress on land reform has been incorrectly reported.…

1. IntroductionThe global prevalence of clinical depression among young people (≤18 years) during COVID-19 (25.2%) almost doubled the pre-COVID-19 estimate of 12.9% . COVID-19-related lockdowns disrupted daily routines, restricted…

SEOUL, South Korea —  South Korea’s government will take final steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors next week as they refuse to end their weekslong walkouts that have burdened the country’s medical services,…

COLUMBIA, S.C. —  Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 706 new confirmed cases and 40 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 9 additional confirmed deaths and 2 new…

Johannesburg —  South Africa’s governing party has gone to court to try stop a newly created rival party from contesting May elections. National elections on May 29 are widely expected to be the most fiercely contested ever, with…