BRICS Bank Outlines Ambitious Plans to Boost Loans, Increase Impact of Investment
Cape Town – The New Development Bank (NDB), a multilateral finance institution established by Brazil, Russia,
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Strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in context of region-wide development of Central Asia
Today in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, we are witnessing and directly participating in the process of updating the centuries-old chronicle of friendship and good-neighbourliness between our countries.
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Women outliving men ‘everywhere’: new UN health report
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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‘Mismatch’ between government aid and places modern slavery exists: New UN data tool
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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Cambodia urged to boost funding for ‘bride trafficking’ pacts
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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Aramco world’s most profitable company in 2018: Moody’s
It is the first time that the company has made a public disclosure of its earnings since its nationalization.
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Russian banks join Chinese alternative to SWIFT payment system
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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Guterres reaffirms strong link between UN and people of Arab world
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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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