PALM oil exports were a challenging, high-profile issue for Indonesian diplomats in 2023, particularly concerning European Union( EU)-Indonesia trade deal negotiations and the EU Deforestation Regulation( EUDR) that have caused unhappiness at the highest levels. However, the coming year offers an opportunity for Indonesia to turn its impressive track record in decoupling oil palm production from forest clearance into a market-leading global offer on sustainable palm oil, as well as make this par

issue.... The Washington State Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Task Force is working

The Washington Monument was closed Thursday, the fourth straight day it has been shut down to

Most of Natasha Rubin’s fourth-graders write in journals and do their reading in a bright, book-stocked classroom with big windows and colorful student art on the walls.... It’s not always what families want, but as the pandemic persists, it’s what some prefer.It also makes Prince George’s unusual in the D.C. region, during a school year that was supposed to veer back toward pre-pandemic normalcy.... Now, almost 10, 400 students from kindergarten to sixth grade are in virtual classes in the sc

North Korea said on Friday that it had tested an “ underwater nuclear weapon system ” in response

THE move speaks volumes about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s politics of religiosity.... His views about regional and global politics too are extremely bizarre. Last month, the president through an ordinance established the NRA with the prime minister as its patron-in-chief.... One of its tasks is to work for “ the character-building ” of youth. Such a sweeping mandate for the authority raises several questions about its objectives....

A new order is taking shape in Europe. Let’s call it the Berlin-Washington order to harken back to

{{/ verifyErrors}} One person has died and evacuations are in place as two wildfires burn in north Washington

For the second day in a row, the Washington Monument is closed after it was struck by lightning

arrow-right The Washington Monument had to shut down in March 2020 when the coronavirus hit the D.C