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The economic price of climate-driven storms, floods, heat waves and droughts $16 million an hour
Photo: Jitendra Bajracharya / ICIMOD Parvez Babul The economic price of climate-driven storms, floods, heat waves and droughts has been calculated for the…
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Israel’s total blockade on Gaza is war crime: United Nations
The human rights chief of the United Nations (UN) Volker Turk warned that a total blockade on the Gaza Strip…
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Gender gap economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize
Harvard economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for her work exposing the causes of deeply rooted…
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‘Currently no chance’ of prisoner swap with Israel: Hamas
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is not open to negotiating a prisoner exchange with Israel during hostilities, a member of the…
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World reacts to Israel-Gaza war
Countries around the world have condemned a wave of Palestinian attacks by land, sea and air that Israel says has…
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IWPG hosts conference on “The Role of Women for Sustainable Peace”
The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) held the 2023 International Women’s Peace Conference(IWPC) on the theme “The Role of Women…
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Google co-founder divorces wife for ‘affair’ with Elon Musk
Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin’s divorce from lawyer and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan was silently finalised, after allegations were made that the…
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IWPG, The 5th International Women Leaders Peace Conference Successfully Concluded
International Women’s Peace Group’s Global Region 3(IWPG, Regional Director, Heo Eun-joo) held a “World Women’s Leaders Peace Conference” online at…
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US to release emergency aid for Ukraine energy infrastructure
The United States is expected to announce “substantial” financial aid to Ukraine on Tuesday to help it deal with the…
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Canada to summon Russian envoy over ‘hateful’ LGBTQ tweets
Canada’s foreign minister on Monday ordered her officials to summon Russia’s ambassador in Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, over a series of…
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