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RELEASE: CAP Issue Brief Outlines Key Challenges Facing Department of Veterans Affairs Date: May 17, 2021 Contact: Sam Hananel Washington, D.C. – A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress report outlines the unprecedented challenges facing the Department of Veterans Affairs. New VA Secretary Denis McDonough must manage these issues at a time when the VA’s top leadership is in turmoil following the Trump administration, which had five deputy secretaries during the former president’s four-year term. “The Biden administration must move rapidly to confront these challenges,�...

Image courtesy of iStock May 3, 2021 A majority, 85%, of gluten-free diners find eating out "extremely challenging" or "very challenging," according to a survey conducted to commemorate Celiac Disease Awareness Month. The survey, Challenges Facing the Gluten-Free Community, polled 1,000 consumers and was commissioned by the Good for You Gluten Free website, according to a press release. "Most gluten-free people want to eat at restaurants, a normal human desire, yet eating out poses a high risk of cross contamination that can leave someone sick to their stomachs; this happens regardless if the...

Saturday, 6 March, 2021 - 10:00 A photo taken on June 6, 2017 shows a general view of the King Fahad street in the Saudi capital Riyadh. (AFP) Riyadh - Asharq Al-Awsat The General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (Monshaat) and the Saudi Ground Services Company (SGS) signed an agreement on Friday as part of ongoing efforts to engage small enterprises into the Saudi aviation services. Under the agreement, Monshaat will work to nominate qualified entrepreneurs according to the approved mechanisms, provide them with adv...

QF’s Quranic Botanic Garden organises desert wild plant restoration event  01 Mar 2021 - 9:50 The wild plant restoration event organised by Quranic Botanic Garden in Al Nasraniya. The Peninsula Doha: The Quranic Botanic Garden (QBG), the first garden in the world to exhibit all plant species mentioned in the Holy Quran, Hadith, and Sunnah, celebrated Qatar Environment Day, held annually on February 26, with a wild plant restoration event at Rawdat Al Faras in Al Nasraniya.  The activity was held in partnership with the Environmental Protection Reserves & Wildlife Department at the Minis...

African academics may perish even when they have published A weak publishing industry in Africa, including the lack of distribution hubs and an intra-Africa book trade; curricula, pedagogy and learning processes still rooted in the colonial situation and the absence of a scholarship culture, are factors that are undermining the development and production of academic books on the continent. The shortage of academic books written by African academics has forced African universities to rely heavily on imported works, even for studies with African-specific content such as history, literature, m...