Average life-expectancy globally has increased by five-and-a-half years since the turn of the century, and women outlive men “everywhere”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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A new interactive data tool created by the UN University Centre for Policy Research, which shows a mismatch between where modern slavery occurs, and where governments are spending resources to address it, could help make a positive impact on policy debates surrounding the issue.
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Tens of thousands of Southeast Asian women have been lured to China by criminal networks promising lucrative jobs, only to be sold as brides
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It is the first time that the company has made a public disclosure of its earnings since its nationalization.
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Russia created its own SWIF alternative – he SPFS (System for Transfer of Financial Messages) – in 2014 and the first system transaction was made by Rosneft in December 2017.
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Citing the many contributions that the Arab world made to global civilization throughout history, the UN Secretary-General expressed admiration for the way many Arab countries are “extending remarkable hospitality to wave upon wave of refugees
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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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