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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Two-thirds of respondents in a new survey expect aggressive portfolios to outperform defensive ones in 2021, despite the same proportion saying the global economy will fail to fully recover from the coronavirus crisis this year. The Natixis Investment Management survey, which canvassed the views of 400 fund selectors representing $12.7tn in assets globally and was conducted in November and December 2020, revealed that 66% of fund selectors outperformed their aggress...

After experts from China and the World Health Organization (WHO) held a press conference in Wuhan on Tuesday regarding the WHO-convened Global Study of Origins of SARS-CoV-2 China Part, the US quickly questioned the expert group’s findings. Washington said it will not accept the findings without “independently verifying” them.

Chinese COVID-19 Misinformation A Year Later February 4, 2021 11:17 AM Age: 2 months Image: Members of the WHO-led investigation into the origins of COVID-19 prepare to leave for a day of field visits on February 1 (Image source: SCMP) Introduction On January 28, members of an international team led by the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded fourteen days of quarantine and began field work in Wuhan, China for a mission aimed at investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of the...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 18 January 2021 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today opened its online limited eighty-sixth session. Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, said the Committee had been working on the Third Optional Protocol, and General Comment 25, and would spare no efforts to discharge its mandate. Because of COVID-19, pre-existing problems had worsened. Child poverty was increasing and the closure of schools had had a devastating impact, in...

Conn celebrates International Education Week Through virtual events, discussions and social media takeovers organized by the Walter Commons for Global Study and Engagement, Conn students celebrated International Education Week by exploring the vast opportunities available to them to engage with global communities and world languages.  The International Education Week initiative is a joint program promoted by both the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education that highlight...