Sustainable investing, which considers environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria to generate long-term competitive financial returns and positive societal impact is gaining momentum.
Turkey’s efforts to normalize diplomatic relations with the Syrian regime have fueled unease among Syria’s armed opposition groups, leading some opponents of President Bashar Al-Assad’s government to fear the end of their decade-long cause.
At Tulane University, 1.5 million books and manuscripts were drenched when Hurricane Katrina swept through Louisiana in 2005. In 2018, UCLA was in talks to receive a donor’s collection when it was destroyed in the Woolsey fire. And the next year, the Getty fire sent up thick, black plumes of smoke that threatened to filter into UCLA’s libraries and damage the fragile materials housed inside.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Aid (OCHA) on Thursday launched a humanitarian appeal for $502 million to support more than 1.6 million Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian Territories, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul-Amir Shammari stressed the importance of enhancing joint security cooperation between Jordan and Iraq during a meeting in Baghdad on Thursday with a Jordanian media delegation, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.