Canadian industries are pushing back against the country s planned January launch date of the Modern Slavery Act, intended to fight forced labour and child labour in supply chains, as mining and apparel trade groups say the government has failed to spell out the details of the law s requirements.
Western policymakers' attention has been stuck to Ukraine since the very start of the Russian invasion, while the so-called "post-Soviet space" has received much less attention. This is understandable, even though this area may create difficult challenges in the future. The Central Asian region, which once was a remote periphery of the Soviet Union, looks today like a kind of
From wildfires gripping parts of Greece to China opening air raid shelters - countries everywhere have been clambering for respite amidst temperatures as high as 52C as climate scientists issue a stark warning
Key Takeaways Iran instructed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force (IRGC QF) to achieve total hegemony in Deir ez Zor Province, Syria in May 2023. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani appointed six individuals to senior Iraqi