24 October 2024
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By AFPThe IMF wants to know more about a cross-border payments system discussed by the BRICS group of countries this week and aimed at boosting non-dollar transactions, the Fund's managing director said Thursday.The meeting of the BRICS -- meaning Br...
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By UN News/Vibhu MishraThe conflict in Gaza and Lebanon is spilling over into Syria, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Wednesday.“The fires of conflicts are raging the Occupied Palesti...
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By UN NewsOngoing conflicts in Gaza, Haiti, Sudan and Ukraine and beyond reveal that females are disproportionately affected – from gender-based violence to rape used as a tool of war – but the UN chief’s newly released report suggests eight ways for...
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By AFP/Youssef Hassouna with Hossam EzzedineAfter a year of relentless war, Gaza's olive harvest is set to suffer, while in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers fear to tend their groves due to settler attacks.For generations, olive harvests h...
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By AFP/Katie ForsterA global treaty to curb plastic pollution will be secured at a summit in South Korea next month, the chair of the talks pledged Wednesday, although he cautioned there were still complex disputes and the time frame was a "big chall...
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By AFPAcrid clouds engulfed India's capital on Wednesday as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked "hazardous" by monitors for the first time this winter.New Delhi is home to more than 30 million people and is regularl...
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By AFP/Eric RandolphProgress on governance in Africa has ground to a halt as security and political rights deteriorate in many countries, according to the latest report by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation published Wednesday."It's not pretty," Ibrahim told...
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By AFP/Charlotte Van OuwerkerkDutch farmer Jos Verstraten scaled a ladder up the side of a large slurry tank resembling a circus tent and peered at its contents, which gave off an overpowering smell of ammonia.As clouds gathered over Verstraten's dai...
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By AFP/Lucie PeytermannThe untold story of how around 1,000 children were rescued from Rwanda during the bloodiest and most chaotic days of its genocide is finally coming to light three decades after they were saved from the slaughter.Aid workers ris...
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By AFP/Agnès PEDREROMaritime trade should show modest growth this year, the UN said Tuesday, warning though that the geopolitical tensions, climate impacts and conflicts shaking global trade are threatening the functioning of maritime supply chains.T...
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By AFP/Issam AhmedUS infant mortality surged in the months following the Supreme Court decision to overturn the national right to abortion, driven by a rise in the number of babies with birth defects, a study said Monday.The findings highlight the co...
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By UN NewsThe proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled last year compared to 2022, accounting for 40 per cent of all deaths in war, while UN-verified cases of conflict-related sexual violence increased by 50 per cent.The findings come in...
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