The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU) have joined forces by signing an agreement to enhance agricultural development and investments in Armenia's food systems.

Water-related disasters forced people to flee from their homes nearly eight million separate times in 10 of the world’s worst-hit countries last year, with many having to move multiple times – a 120% increase compared to a decade ago, said Oxfam recently.

The Government of Fujairah, in collaboration with an international team of researchers from the Department of Tourism and Antiquities, Fujairah; the University of Jena, Germany; and Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom, has uncovered evidence of early prehistoric settlement in interior Fujairah.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a market expansion of SelectTalentUSA, a joint initiative across the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education providing technical assistance to foreign businesses to deliver recruitment and training programs for their U.S. workforce.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing $56 million funding to the Kyrgyz Republic to improve wastewater management and enhance sustainable and inclusive tourism in Issyk-Kul region, renowned for its touristic appeal and importance.

Africa presents a compelling investment destination for Japanese firms, with high growth potential and the African Development Bank's strong support to manage risks, African Development Bank Group leaders stressed at the Japan-Africa Business Forum in Tokyo.

Across 17 G20 countries surveyed, a majority of adults (68% ) support the policy proposal where wealthy people pay a higher tax on their wealth, as a means of funding major changes to our economy and lifestyles.

The Commerce Department just announced that it was banning all new sales and use of antivirus software from the Russian firm Kaspersky because of alleged control by Moscow as a cybersecurity threat.

One day after Hezbollah’s head threatened revenge over the killing of a senior commander, it escalated its shelling of northern Israel.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on June 19 approved a $170 million policy-based loan to improve India’s health system preparedness and capacity to respond to future pandemics.

The European Commission and the High Representative have today adopted the 26th annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on political and economic developments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. This report covers developments in 2023.

The United Nations Human Rights Office released a report detailing “six emblematic attacks” by fascist Israel in Gaza which murdered many civilians and property destruction while running afoul of “the laws of war”.

The environmental impacts of the war in Gaza are unprecedented, according to a preliminary assessment published June 18 by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), exposing the community to rapidly growing soil, water and air pollution and risks of irreversible damage to its natural ecosystems.

Israel’s prime minister just dissolved the War Cabinet he set up months ago to coordinate decision-making about the genocidal war in Gaza.

The Government of Canada and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced a partnership to create a new Can$360 million trust fund (about $255 million) to support projects to deal with the climate crisis.

A new D-band CMOS transceiver chipset with 56 GHz signal-chain bandwidth achieves the highest transmission speed of 640 Gbps for a wireless device realized with integrated circuits, as reported by researchers from Tokyo Tech and National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. The proposed chipset is highly promising for the next generation of wireless systems.

The U.S. yesterday sanctioned an activist Israeli group which has been preventing humanitarian aid from reaching Gazans. More important is it also pointed at Israel as accountable to protect the trucks.

Ukraine was awarded a substantial incremental loan from the G7 nations and a long-term military support plan from the U.S. yesterday.

As part of its ongoing investigation, the European Commission has provisionally concluded that the battery electric vehicles (BEV) value chain in China benefits from unfair subsidisation, which is causing a threat of economic injury to EU BEV producers.

The European Commission is about to join the U.S. in imposing substantial tariffs on EVs built by Chinese manufacturers.