London: United Kingdom has announced a pre-entry tuberculosis screening programme for migrants wanting to enter the country for more than six months, from 67 countries with a high incidence of TB. Migrants will need to be screened before they are granted a visa for the UK. UK’s Immigration minister Damian Green says that it will [...]

Beijing: The new challenges and opportunities posed by increased access to the Arctic were discussed at a workshop in Beijing today entitled ‘Chinese and Nordic Cooperation on Arctic Developments’. The workshop was organized by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the China Center for Contemporary World Studies (CCCWS). The workshop focused on governance, [...]