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Director-General provides the FAO Council with updates on delivery and proposals for the way forward 26 April 2021, Rome - Addressing the 166 th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the decisions, activities and results shared with Council today are "not an isol...

PREMIUM Ministers receive legal action threat to save Scots night-time industry which makes 19,000 Covid staff cuts MINISTERS face potential legal action by Scotlands night-time industry which is trying to avoid collapse as it emerged some 19,000 staff have already been cut and 1000 licensed premises have shut due to the Covid crisis. With licensed premises due to ease out of lockdown from tomorrow, the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has warned that it will have to consider a lega...

Target Taiwan: Why China Is Desperate for Control of Taipei U.S.-China tensions have risen to an unprecedented scale, which now appears to be drifting away from the forty-two-year-old policy of peaceful co-existence. On the eve of President Joe Biden’s unofficial delegation arrived in the self-governed nation of Taiwan, in mid-April 2021, the Chinese military began live-fire drills in waters off the island’s southwest coast for the duration of the visit. China also sent a “record number�...

PUB and restaurant owners are furious that "bombshell" guidance over social distancing indicates that they need to have 11 foot long tables. The Scottish Hospitality Group has described new guidance as a "farce" and that information coming from Scottish Government had been "confusing". The sector had expected that 1m (3ft) social distancing would apply between tables when it reopens next Monday. The proposals state people from different households will now have to observe social distanc...

20/04/2021 20 April 2021, Brussels/Rome - “New solutions and modern approaches” are needed to face global challenges such as hunger, poverty, climate change, environmental degradation and the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today at the launch of the European Commission’s new Knowledge Centre for Earth Observation (KCEO). “Actionable information gained from earth observation data is an important enabler” for the transformation envi...

Scotlands night time economy is on brink of collapse with impending unemployment tsunami, warns trade group SCOTLANDS night-time industry is "on the brink of collapse" with 24,000 jobs at risk in an "impending unemployment tsunsami" due to continuing restrictions as the Covid lockdown is eased. The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has claimed that the majority of night time businesses could permanently close within weeks after running out of money to pay furlough contributions and f...

Article by Amanda Jasi THE UK Government has announced that it is making an additional £250m (US$345.5m) in funding available to support UK participation in Horizon Europe, the EU’s 2020–2027 research and innovation funding programme, with a budget of €95.5bn (US$113.81bn). This follows uncertainty about how the nation would fund its association with the programme, with concerns for the scientific community being exacerbated by cuts to the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Stra...

News Author: Stellenbosch University / Universiteit Stellenbosch Published: 07/04/2021 Interested parties are reminded that comments on the first draft of Stellenbosch Universitys (SU) revised Language Policy (2016) may be submitted up to this coming Monday, 12 April 2021. Comments can only be submitted via a digital platform. A link on the Universitys language webpage (www.sun.ac.za/language) provides access to this submission platform. It should be noted that no comments will be possible on ...

04/07/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/07/2021 06:00 Udtalelse af næstformand Věra Jourová, kommissær Helena Dalli og kommissær Olivér Várhelyi i anledning af den internationale romadag Ahead of International Roma Day on 8 April, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Vĕra Jourová, Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, and Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Olivér Várhelyi issued the following statement: On ...

Várhelyi issued the following statement: “On occasion of the International Roma Day, we celebrate, together with our largest European ethnic minority, their unique contribution to European diversity and heritage. We also mark the 50 th anniversary of the First World Romani Congress. Yet, many Roma still face prejudice, discrimination, antigypsyism and socioeconomic exclusion in their daily lives. In addition, the global pandemic has hit Roma communities hard. We must do everything possible t...