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Covid-19, global economy are top issues at Davos Agenda 2022

Geneva/New York, January 17 – World government and corporate leaders have begun addressing the week-long, virtual annual meeting of the Davos Agenda 2022 in Switzerland ...
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Economy

UN warns global economic recovery is facing “significant headwinds”

New York, January 13 – The current global economic recovery is losing steam after recording a solid expansion of 5.5 per cent under the pandemic ...
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Climate Failure and Social Crisis Top Global Risks 2022, World Economic Forum says

-Top risks are climate crisis, growing social divides, heightened cyber risks and an uneven global recovery, as pandemic lingers on -Global survey of experts finds ...
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Economy

UPDATE: New Asia-Pacific free trade agreement enters into force, creates “center of gravity” for global trade

New York, January 1 – A new Asia-Pacific free trade agreement that entered into force on the first day of 2022 will create the world’s ...
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Journalists who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize denounce tyranny, torture and deaths of colleagues

By J. Tuyet Nguyen Oslo/New York, December 11 – Dmitry Muratov of Russia and Maria Ressa of the Philippines, who co-share the 2021 Nobel Peace ...
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Technology

UN internet forum seeks accountability, equal access, end of disinformation and hate speech

Katowice, Poland/New York, December 6 – The number of people accessing the internet under the Covid-19 pandemic has surged to an estimated 4.9 billion this ...
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Health

UPDATE: WHO launches negotiations for legal, binding agreement to fight future pandemics

Geneva/New York, December 1 – The World Health Organization has launched a global process to draft and negotiate an agreement under its constitution to
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UN calls for resilient agri-food systems; warns 3-4 billion people cannot afford healthy diet

Rome/New York, November 23 – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is calling for agri-food systems that can withstand shocks and stresses such as the ...
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Climate

A Clean Ocean by 2030: UN Experts Panel Charts the Most Direct Course

The Clean Ocean International Expert Group of the UN Decade for Ocean Science for Sustainable Development will formally present its short list of activities and ...
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Climate

UPDATE: Climate change summit adopts final document at closing, calls for phasing down coal

Glasgow/New York, November 13 – The UN climate change conference in the Scottish city of Glasgow adopted a final outcome document, which for the first ...
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Climate

UN urges real progress at Glasgow summit; US and China to cooperate on climate action

Glasgow/New York, November 11 – The United Nations said some “progress” has been made at the Glasgow Climate Change Conference as countries and more than ...
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Climate

Forty seven countries commit to develop climate-smart health care systems to counter climate change

Glasgow/New York, November 9 – A group of 47 countries, a majority of them developing and climate-vulnerable countries, have committed to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon ...
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