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Brazil and the UAE Determined to Explore New Bilateral Frontiers
- Inter Press Service
BRASILIA, Mar 17 (IPS) - The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, made his fifth visit to Brazil Thursday, Mar. 16, in search of new opportunities to exploit the enormous potential in relations between the two countries.
Caribbean Stakes Future on Climate-Smart Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar 16 (IPS) - As Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries continue to build on the momentum of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakech in 2016, special emphasis is being placed on agriculture as outlined in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs).
The Robots are Coming, your Job is at Risk
- Inter Press Service
PENANG, Mar 15 (IPS) - Last year Uber started testing driver-less cars, with humans inside to make corrections in case something goes wrong. If the tests go well, Uber will presumably replace their present army of drivers with fleets of the new cars.
Women's Pay Gap "Biggest Robbery in History": UN Women
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 14 (IPS) - A new UN initiative launched on Monday night calls the women's pay gap, which sees women paid 23 percent less than men globally: "the biggest robbery in history."
Most Financial Inflows Not Developmental
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 14 (IPS) - Recent disturbing trends in international finance have particularly problematic implications, especially for developing countries. The recently released United Nations report, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017 (WESP 2017) is the only recent report of a multilateral inter-governmental organization to recognize these problems, especially as they are relevant to the financing requirements for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Khat in the Horn of Africa: A Scourge or Blessing?
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Mar 12 (IPS) - Throughout a Sunday afternoon in the Ethiopian capital, Yemeni émigré men in their fifties and sixties arrive at a traditional Yemeni-styled mafraj room clutching bundles of green, leafy stalks: khat.
At 60, Ghana Looks to a Future Beyond Aid
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Mar 09 (IPS) - Ghana turned 60 years old this week. The West African country gained independence from Britain on Mar. 6, 1957, and remains a study in contradictions.
Bolivia Passes Controversial New Bill Expanding Legal Coca Production
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Mar 09 (IPS) - A new bill in Bolivia, which will allow the amount of land allocated to producing coca to be increased from 12,000 to 22,000 hectares, modifying a nearly three-decade coca production policy, has led to warnings from independent voices and the opposition that the measure could fuel drug trafficking.
Women’s Progress Uneven, Facing Backlash - UN Rights Chief
- Inter Press Service
ROME/GENEVA, Mar 08 (IPS) - "The women's movement has brought about tremendous change but we must also recognise that progress has been slow and extremely uneven and that it also brought its own challenges," warned the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.
Gender Disparity at UN: Three Out of 71, Zero out of Nine
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - The United Nations has frequently been accused of vociferously preaching gender empowerment and women's rights to the outside world -- but failing miserably to practice what it preaches in its own political backyard.
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