South-South Cooperation: The new model of human development
These deliberations reflected how the world of 1960s and 1970s, when the Gobal North transferred technology and models of development to the Global South, is long gone
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Landmark terror finance resolution adopted by Security Council
The UN is hailing a new Security Council resolution adopted on Thursday as a landmark step in suppressing the funding of terror groups worldwide.
Photo: UN/ Eskinder Debebe
Up to 500,000 displaced by southern Africa cyclone
Almost three million people affected, hundreds still missing
Photo Credit: AP/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
China’s Belt & Road Initiative Reaches Italy: Breaching the G7 Western fortress
Italy’s inclusion marks a fundamental shift in China’s grand project
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Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to die from water-related diseases than from violence
Though India has achieved almost universal coverage in the area of drinking water services, a majority of the rural population is not using safely managed drinking water
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After three decades in power Nursultan Nazarbayev relinquishes power as President of Kazakhstan
The last Soviet era ruler in Central Asia, Nazarbayev elevated Kazakhstan’s profile in the international community
Photo:Margulan Zholaman
Dalai Lama contemplates Chinese gambit after his death
China has said its leaders have the right to approve the Dalai Lama’s successor, as a legacy inherited from China’s emperors.
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UAE employers to continue to recruit from Asia in 2019
IT and health care professionals will continue to be recruited from Asia
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Protracted Conflict and Local Neutral Arbitration
The view from Muzzafarabad
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Iran’s Rouhani signs trade pacts in Iraq to help offset U.S. sanctions
The visit also signals that Tehran still plays a dominant role in Iraqi politics.
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