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LAPD Used Shadow Teams, Issued Conflicting Orders During George Floyd Protests: Report On 3/11/21 at 6:52 PM EST During the 2020 racial justice protests following George Floyds killing, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) issued conflicting orders to its officers, used plainclothes "shadow teams" to monitor protesters and injured hundreds of demonstrators due to poor training, a 101-page report commissioned by the L.A. City Council found. The report, released Thursday and conducted by a pa...

Wadsam Afghanistan’s exports dropped from USD 1 billion in Fiscal Year 1398 to USD 776 million in Fiscal Year 1399, according to figures from the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI). The figures indicate an over 21% drop caused by Pakistan has allowed import of cotton from Afghanistan through Torkham border as the country is facing a lower domestic cotton production. According to sources from Pakistani, the country’s cotton harvest has declined considerably as farmers are ...

The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) launched a new working research paper: “Drugs and Development in Afghanistan, National Policy and Actor Analysis” at a virtual event today. The paper, co-authored by Dr Adam Pain, Mr Kaweh Kerami and Dr Orzala Nemat, gives an overview and background understanding of the counter-narcotics laws, policies and programmes that have underpinned counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan since 2001. The paper argues that Afghanistan’s opium po...

The mass movement for police reform that exploded in the wake of the killing of George Floyd also led to a renewed push to re-think our reliance on law enforcement to handle thousands of mental health crisis calls every year. The numbers make the case: People with untreated serious mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during an encounter with the cops than other civilians, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center. And 25% of people shot at by the LAPD from 2015-19 were percei...

Source: Auckland Council A report evaluating a governance pilot running on Waiheke over the last three years has been released this week by Auckland Council’s Research and Evaluation Unit (RIMU). The pilot was set up in late 2017 after Auckland Council’s 2016 Governance Framework Review revealed that local boards did not feel sufficiently empowered to fulfil their role. Its purpose was to trial the impact of giving greater decision-making authority to Waiheke Local Board and to provide furt...

Monitoring and Evaluation Job in Turkey about Food and Nutrition, Gender and Health, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from Jouri Research & Consultancy; closing on 08 Mar 2021

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development conducts its first Community Outreach Caravan for 2021 in Blanchisseuse and La Fillette Port of Spain: As part of its Public Awareness and Education (PAE) Programme, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s Outreach Caravan rolled in to the northeastern communities of Blanchisseuse and La Fillette on Saturday 06 February, 2021 where scores of residents from the area and neighbouring villages were warmly welcomed by the Honourable Minister a...

The loss of groundwater has been described as ‘a silent earthquake in the city’ Credit: Shutterstock When Shoaib Musawi entered the well-digging trade 15 years ago, all he needed to sink a well shaft in central Kabul was a pick and shovel. Simply digging down around 10 feet was often enough to tap into the Afghan capitals groundwater reserves and set up a community hand pump for hundreds of families. In the intervening decade-and-a-half, Kabuls unquenchable demand for water has meant Mr Mus...

UMB News Support UMBs Increasing Efforts to Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic During this important period, please consider supporting UMBs critical vaccine research and development, advancing its work in human virology, and donating to critical emergency funds especially designed for specific students in need.  We truly appreciate your gifts in this time of great need.  February 9, 2021 Matthew B. Frieman, PhD The vaccine was found to generate a robust immune response in animal...

The COVID-19 vaccination card looks almost vintage: A rudimentary, wallet-sized ticket of sorts, with some handwritten information and dates of inoculation. Its also a reminder to get your second dose. But its existence has stirred a lot of discussion about how this proof of vaccination might be used for other COVID-19 pandemic purposes. We asked regional medical experts about the card and what youll need to do with it. Heres who we asked:  M. Sara Rosenthal, Ph.D., professor and director of�...