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Last modified on Sat 1 May 2021 00.07 EDT Vital coronavirus research, including a project tracking variants in India, has had its funding reduced by up to 70% under swingeing cuts to the UK overseas aid budget. One of Britain’s leading infectious disease experts said the UK government cuts were certain to damage attempts to tackle the virus and track new variants. Oliver Pybus, a professor of evolution and infectious disease at the University of Oxford and part of the team that identified ...

UK’s aid cuts hit vital coronavirus research around world Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Vital coronavirus research, including a project tracking variants in India, has had its funding reduced by up to 70% under swingeing cuts to the UK overseas aid budget. One of Britain’s leading infectious disease experts said the UK government cuts were certain to damage attempts to tackle the virus and track new va...

Tokyo should immediately suspend all non-humanitarian aid to Myanmar: HRW 1 minute read Tokyo, Apr 27 (EFE).- The government of Japan should immediately halt all aid projects for non-humanitarian purposes “that benefit the junta or military” of Myanmar, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. “Japan should immediately suspend Official Development Aid (ODA) infrastructure projects carried out by Myanmar government ministries and other assistance involving military-controlled en...

Japan: Suspend Aid Benefitting Myanmar Junta Urgently Review All Non-Humanitarian Projects People protest the Myanmar Armed Forces in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo on April 1, 2021. © The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images (Tokyo) – The Japanese government should immediately review its aid portfolio for Myanmar and suspend non-humanitarian projects that benefit the junta or military, Human Rights Watch said today. Japan should i...

The newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son talks to local media on his new role and the foreign policy priorities needed to aid Vietnam's development and raise the country's international standing.

Foreign policy helps realise the nations aspirations and vision: Minister Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công  12/04/2021    10:53 GMT+7 The newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son talks to local media on his new role and the foreign policy priorities needed to aid Vietnams development and raise the countrys international standi...

Peasants accuse presidential candidates of marginalising small scale agriculture By Clement Ntauzi More than 250 farmers from across the country gathered at the Third International Peasants Conference on Land, held on October 1 and 2, with the aim of deepening the public and democratic debate on the structural challenges facing agriculture and of denouncing the policies of the candidates running for President of the Republic, who ignore and marginalise small scale agriculture in favour of larg...