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The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the World Bank jointly announced today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 their intention to form a new panel to mobilize | eTurboNews | Travel News |

It is July in the second year of the Coronavirus, and suddenly Africa feels like Europe and the United States in the first months of the pandemic. Reports of infections burning through populations—and hospitals nearly buckling under pressure—are making news headlines from Johannesburg, Lusaka, and Kinshasa sound like they are being beamed in from Lombardy, New York, and London circa April and May 2020. The intensity of transmission that African states tried to avoid through early and somewh...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 26 2021 (IPS) - Undoubtedly, the world needs to reform existing food systems to better serve humanity and sustainable development. But the United Nations World Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) must be consistent with UN-led multilateralism. For the first time ever, the World Economic Forum (WEF), a partnership of some of the world’s most powerful corporations, is partnering the UN in launching the Summit, now scheduled for September, with its ‘Pre-Summit’ beginnin...

WATCH | Cheetah attacks international volunteer in SA 08 July 2021 - 08:05 Amandine Lequime, a volunteer from Belgium, was filming outside the cheetah’s enclosure, while her colleague was on feeding duty. As soon as her colleague opened the enclosure gate, one of the cheetahs swiftly approached Lequime, jumping on her back and aiming for her throat. Image: Tambako The Jaguar/ Flickr “I lost my balance and fell to the ground, where the cheetah continued to bite and claw...

Conceived as a way to get the money that flows through the aid system to go further, the deal has so far fallen short of its lofty ambitions.

This new model of independent candidates and community-led groupings will strengthen accountability in government, bring decision-making closer to the people and ensure the best, fit-for-purpose individuals represent us in Parliament.

Indonesia: Managing oceans sustainably supports our livelihoods. Today is World Oceans Day and we celebrate the ocean and the livelihoods it underpins. As an island nation, Indonesia has one of the world’s longest coastlines, boasting the highest diversity of corals and mangroves. These ecosystems are assets that sustain the nation’s economy, prosperity, and resilience in measurable ways. Mangroves and reefs protect coastal communities from disaster, reducing the impact of tsunamis and floo...

AMARAVATI: To monitor private hospitals and prevent any irregularities while ensuring better healthcare services to the people, the Andhra Pradesh government will soon set up a 16-member state-level advisory panel comprising special Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary- health, as the ex-officio Chairman, along with 10 nominated members from stakeholder associations. An order

The DA asked the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment on the whereabouts of the rhino horns that were intercepted before being trafficked to Asian countries between July 2020 and February this year

South Africa at a crossroads on wildlife welfare and sentience Don Pinnock First published in Daily Maverick 168 newspaper The 17th-century mathematician and philosopher René Descartes said animals were automatons, so cruelty towards them was impossible. The philosopher Jeremy Bentham disagreed, saying that in our measure of animals we should not ask can they reason, nor can they talk, but can they suffer? For more than 200 years Descartes’s views have prevailed. But in offic...