Irrigation districts in the Columbia Basin announced the start of the 2026 irrigation season, with canal filling and water deliveries set to begin later this month.

The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District will begin filling the East Low Canal for the 2026 irrigation season on March 24, the district said in a press release. Deliveries from the canal will be ...

The U.S. military has completed its withdrawal of American forces from al-Tanf Garrison in Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Thursday. The departure, finalized Feb. 11, was carried out ...

Central Asia’s water deficit is reaching the crisis point, according to a new report published by the Washington-based New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy. Central Asian governments need to ...

“More recently, great powers began using economic integration as weapons. Tariffs as leverage. Financial infrastructure as coercion. Supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited,” Carney said, ...

As a key component of a broader infrastructure modernization initiative aimed at enhancing water conservation; increasing irrigation delivery efficiency and reliability; and providing long-term ...

Australia’s top financial-crime official has sounded the alarm on the worrying transformation of his country’s economy. Behind the rhetoric of fintech innovation lies an expanding shadow liquidity ...

Irrigation PS Ephantus Kimotho (left) and Abdulkharim Seid of IWMI (centre) show a copy of the signed MoU. (Philip Muasya, Standard) The Ministry of Water and Irrigation yesterday signed a new ...

While headlines around cultivated meat have slowed, foundational work is accelerating – and the Good Food Institute’s acquisition of SciFi Foods’ bovine cell lines in October is emerging as one of the ...

President Ahmed al-Sharaa was the first ever Syrian leader to welcome a delegation from the UN Security Council to Damascus — LOUAI BESHARA One year after ousting Bashar al-Assad, Ahmed al-Sharaa has ...