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The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is currently reviewing the draft of a proposed Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), which outlines new operational policies to better address environmental and social risks in ADB projects. This proposed…

Bangladesh witnessed an unprecedented anarchy and suffocating situation for more than a week centered on the quota reform movement. In the last four decades, such an anarchic situation has never arisen in the country. A special group, under the guise…

Ten candidates, backed by 38 parties, are running in this year’s presidential elections in Venezuela [next Sunday, July 28]. However, there is consensus that the race is centered on just two: President Nicolás Maduro and the main opposition bloc, the…

After Biden’s forced resignation from the Democratic race, Donald Trump would have woken up with an unexpected black swan that seriously threatens his triumphant return to the White House after the November elections, The new shining star of the Democratic…

For many organizations and agencies around the world, the matter of scaling local successes of development remains a seemingly insurmountable challenge and obligation. When participating in conferences, strategic planning, open forums, and studies on this critical necessity, so much of…

About a month ago, I wrote an article entitled “How To Avoid Whiplash in 2024 and 2025” (1), in which I mentioned that it was a precursor to an upcoming piece of writing. My intention then was to begin working…

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is the world’s leading epicenter of toxic radioactive water released into the ocean. Yet, these activities are no longer closely monitored by mainstream media. As it happens, Tokyo Electric Power Company is the electric utility…

In the last twenty-four hours, frightening news has been leaked to the international press about the imminent disappearance of nuclear weapons! According to cross-referenced information, following the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW),…

The European economy has been based in the last decade on the so-called ‘alpine-Mediterranean diet’”, whose main ingredients were the urban boom, tourism, export and domestic consumption. Said formula created excellent minimalist dishes, highly suggestive appearance but empty of culinary…

Zelensky rejects any peaceful solution to the conflict Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán unexpectedly visited Kiev and suggested to Zelensky that he take the first step – a nationwide ceasefire – and start peace talks with Russia. By Vasyl Muravitsky Meanwhile,…