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BRICS countries should strengthen their coordination as international cooperation is the only way to bring the pandemic under control

Susan Greenfield, a top real estate agent at Brown Harris Stevens, was named World Vice President-Elect of the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI). An active member of FIABCI for 40 years, Greenfield has held several leadership positions including serving as the President of FIABCI-USA in 2017 as well as the president of the New York Council on three separate occasions. Greenfield began her real estate career in 1971 and was soon ranked among the top three percent of all real esta...

Old Town: A revamped plan to change 34 Dover Street to an eight-person house of multiple occupation has been turned down. Developer Phillip Brett had a similar application turned down in March 2020. It included a bid for retrospective permission for an existing two-storey rear extension – meaning the addition was put up without the relevant consent – as well as a new permission for a further single-storey extension. But officers have turned down the proposal because of lack of parking...

The week in civil society: Dissecting election dynamics and acknowledging women’s Covid burden © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved Around the world, women are at the forefront of effective Covid-19 responses yet remain barred from the highest levels of decision making around the pandemic, according to a recent policy brief by United Nations Women. The centrality of their work, as well as the disproportionate burdens they carry, are the focus of International Women’s Day o...

This week, civil society acknowledges the contribution of women to the response to Covid-19, and the unjust burden they bear. South Africa’s upcoming local and general elections are in the spotlight, as well as Chile’s looming constitutional reform.

Hotel, convention center proposed for ‘generational’ development in Middletown The project promises a mix of creative financing, including leveraging the city’s only viable property located in an opportunity zone. The main site is an 11-acre, city-owned lot bounded by Carmody Boulevard, South Water Street and Second Avenue. (Source: City of Middletown) By Brian Planalp | March 3, 2021 at 9:37 PM EST - Updated March 17 at 8:45 PM BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - A new develo...

Sarah Townsend Stockport Council is expected this month to approve developer Quorum Estates’ scaled-back plans to build almost 1m sq ft of additional units at the Bredbury Industrial Estate off the M60. The 76-acre site between the industrial park and the River Tame has long been earmarked for redevelopment, including in the most recent version of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework published. However, Quorum’ proposal to expand the industrial estate by building on adjacent land known ...

Express News Service CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the Chennai Metro stretch- the 9-km line from Washermanpet to Wimco Nagar on Sunday. On February 10, 2019, Modi had inaugurated the final 10-km stretch between AG-DMS and Washermanpet under Phase I. This time he will be inaugurating the Phase I extension after Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation for second phase last year. Former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa inaugurated the 10-km stretch from Koyambed...

Why Tensions Between China and India Wont Boil Over As the main rising powers of the twenty-first-century, the two countries have much to gain from accommodation and collaboration. Leadership on both sides could help by focusing on the long-term gains in a spirit of give-and-take. China-India relations seem to be at their lowest point in decades. To head off the risk of escalation, it could be in the interest of both nations to look for ways to improve a relationship that is at once one of the...

Thousands of residents outraged by new storage facility in the Heights Joel Eisenbaum, Investigative Reporter Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – Big Tex Storage is slated to move into Houston Heights and some residents are not happy about it. By Friday afternoon, more than 3,000 people had signed an online petition. Heights residents are protesting the seven-story building project, one of the tallest buildings in Houston Heights, located on 11th Street near Studewood. A 1930s church, which was for...