Shaping AI Rules Through Trade Agreements
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology have played an extensive role in business and trade, entailing the need for framework for smooth international business conduct. Credit: Pexels/Artem Podrez
By Witada Anukoonwattaka, Yann Duval and Natnicha SutthivanaBANGKOK, Thailand, Feb 18 2025 – The inclusion of AI provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has been steadily rising. Since...
World’s Largest Religious Gathering Becomes Trans-Inclusive Despite Controversies
Pavitra Nandagiri—one of the highest-ranking transgender spiritual leaders at Maha Kumbh, the largest religious gathering on earth in Prayagraj, India. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS
By Stella PaulPRAYAGRAJ, India, Feb 18 2025 – Despite a blazing sun and growing heat, Pavitra Nandagiri sits on a cot smiling. Clad in a saffron robe and headgear with her forehead painted with turmeric and vermillion,...
BYD Energy Storage Signed World’s Largest Grid-scale Battery Storage Projects of 12.5GWh
SHENZHEN, Feb. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Recently, BYD Energy Storage and Saudi Electricity Company successfully signed the world's largest grid–scale energy storage projects contracts with a capacity of 12.5GWh at the time. Combined with the previously delivered 2.6GWh project, the total cooperation now has amounted to a massive 15.1GWh of projects.
The Project Kick–off...
DESCUBRA SUA VANTAGEM NO TRADING COM A AXI NO MONEY EXPO MÉXICO 2025
SIDNEY, Feb. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A renomada corretora online de FX e CFD, Axi, anunciou sua participação no Money Expo México 2025, que acontecerá nos dias 26 e 27 de fevereiro no Centro Citibanamex.
Os participantes do evento terão a oportunidade de conhecer o Axi Select, o inovador programa de alocação de capital da Axi, projetado para...
Bitget Launches Global Graduate Program to Cultivate the Next Generation of Web3 Talent
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Feb. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, announced the launch of its first Bitget Graduate Program, an initiative designed to recruit and cultivate the next generation of blockchain and Web3 talent from top global universities. As part of Bitget’s Blockchain4Youth Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative,...
Human Rights, Healthcare Disrupted in Eastern Europe With USAID Funding Freeze
Crowley Logistics in Miami, Florida, was one of three USAID shipping and logistics facilities in the nation. It could, in times of emergency humanitarian relief aid, respond with supplies delivered to aircraft at Miami International Airport within two hours. Credit: USDAID/Lance Cheung
By Ed HoltFeb 17 2025 – As the full effects of the US decision to freeze foreign aid funding begin to be felt...
A Full Implementation of the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire is Uncertain
Secretary-General António Guterres makes remarks to the 2025 opening session and the 420th meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe
By Oritro KarimUNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 2025 – On January 19, Israel and Hamas implemented a ceasefire agreement that would end the fighting in Israel and Palestine, see the return...
A Global Retreat from Solidarity
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By Jessica Corredor VillamilPARIS, Feb 17 2025 – The world is witnessing a dangerous retreat from international solidarity by Global Minority countries. From Washington to Brussels, governments are slashing funds that sustain human rights, democracy, and humanitarian initiatives.
The U.S. foreign aid freeze, the European Union’s cut in development spending, and Belgium’s...
Why a Global Tech Fund for the Poorest Countries is a Smart Investment
By Deodat MaharajGEBZE, Turkiye, Feb 17 2025 – The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development could catalyse coordinated action to close the financing gap and set the stage for a STI-driven transformation in the world’s poorest countries.
The stark reality is that just over 250 weeks remain to go before the end of the decade, marking the endgame for achieving the Sustainable...
The Land of Immigration: America’s Demographic Past, Present and Future
With respect to America’s demographic growth, immigrants not only add their own numbers to the country’s population but they also contribute to births whose effects are compounded over time. Credit: Shutterstock
By Joseph ChamiePORTLAND, US, Feb 17 2025 – Of the approximately 280 million immigrants in the world, the country hosting the largest number is America, the land of immigration....