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African presidents and global leaders support bold action on climate change adaptation for Africa
In a historic and united show of solidarity for a continent that contributes only 5% to global emissions, more than 30 heads of state ...Post-COVID-19: WHO issues 5 calls for urgent action to improve health for all
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued five calls for urgent action to improve health for all people, while urged countries to invest more ...COVID-19: Stronger international support needed for Africa to recover from crisis -IMF, African Caucus chair
Africa needs carefully-calibrated domestic policies and stronger support from the international community to recover from the COVID-19 crisis and return to its path of ...$1bn News Showcase Programme: Google says ‘not up to us’ to dictate how news companies run their business
Alphabet Inc’s Google has reached licensing deals with over 600 news outlets around the world and is seeing a “huge increase” in users requesting ...Increase debt suspension arrangements to offer low-income, middle-income countries fiscal space – Heads of state
Several heads of state and government, the United Nations and heads of multilateral development finance institutions on Monday called for expansion of the Debt ...Nike sues over Lil Nas X 666 pairs of ‘Satan Shoes’ with human blood in soles
Nike filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit Monday against the company that released a controversial customized version of its sneakers in collaboration with the ...J&J To Deliver Up To 400 Million COVID-19 Vaccines To Africa
Up to 400 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine will be made available to African countries, the US pharmaceutical giant said Monday. ...Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency
Visa Inc said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network, the latest ...COVID-19 Likely Jumped From Bats To Humans – WHO Report
An international expert mission to Wuhan has concluded it was very likely that Covid-19 first passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary ...New wave of ‘hacktivism’ adds twist to cybersecurity woes
At a time when U.S. agencies and thousands of companies are fighting off major hacking campaigns originating in Russia and China, a different kind ...
