International
Africa mobilizing to minimize COVID-19 losses
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 - 18:30
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“The crisis has wide-ranging implications”, said the UN Chief, delivering remarks at a meeting with leaders of the African Group of countries...
-3% growth forecast for global economy this year
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 - 16:25
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Gita Gopinath, Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Research Department, said in a blog post that following the global lockdown in...
Liberty Global announces $4 million COVID-19 employee assistance fund
Posted: Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 12:21
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The programmes will be funded initially by Liberty’s executive leadership team and board of directors who will donate $2 million out of their...
Global food supply chain holding up for now as COVID-19 pandemic worsens
Posted: Friday, April 3, 2020 - 17:32
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In a new report, “COVID-19: Potential impact on the world’s poorest people: A WFP analysis of the economic and food security implications of...
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Corona beer says surveys ‘unfounded’ amid COVID-19 claims
Posted: Sunday, March 1, 2020 - 08:51
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The New York-based PR agency reported that “38 percent” of American beer drinkers would not buy Corona...
UN must continue to be a forum for dialogue on decolonization
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020 - 16:35
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António Guterres was speaking at the opening of the latest session of the UN Special Committee dealing with decolonization, which he called...
Liberty Global extends partnership with Netflix
Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 17:01
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The partnership follows Liberty Global’s commitment to leverage its next-generation gigabit speed broadband networks to provide its customers...
Female genital mutilation costs $1.4 billion annually - WHO
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 21:28
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New modelling by the UN agency to coincide with the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, marked on Thursday,...
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Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams
Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 12:56
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The findings come in the latest report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, released on Thursday.
“I am appalled by the flagrant...
New twist in Venezuela crisis as rivals declare separate speaker of National Assembly
Posted: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 12:04
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In addition to rival Presidents, the oil-rich South American country now has two men claiming to be Speaker of the National Assembly.
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