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A taxing problem: how to ensure the poor and vulnerable don’t shoulder the cost of the COVID-19 crisis
In the wake of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, tax systems should be reformed, and tax avoidance and evasion reduced, to ensure an economic recovery in…
Britain, France agree joint unit to fight migrant traffickers
The interior ministers of France and Britain on Sunday signed an agreement creating a new joint police intelligence unit to combat migrant traffickers and reduce…
MPs warn parts of England face ’serious risk’ of running out of water within 20 years
There is a ”serious risk” that some parts of England will run out of water within the next 20 years, the Public Accounts Committee has…
‘A mockery’: Great Barrier Reef Foundation raises just $21m of $357m target
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation has raised only $21.7m out of a target of $357m in donations more than two years after it was awarded…
World Population Day: ’No time to waste’ in empowering women
The COVID-19 pandemic affects everyone, everywhere, “but it does not affect everyone equally”, the UN chief said in his message for World Population Day, on…
Mexico City lawmakers vote to outlaw LGBT+ conversion therapy
Lawmakers in Mexico City on Friday voted to ban conversion therapy, part of a small but growing movement to end the practice of trying to…
UK: Aldi to halve plastic packaging use in the UK by 2025
muoviThe new commitment will see 2.2 billion pieces of plastic removed from the supermarket’s product lines over the next five years, most of which will…
The women’s college in Ghana leads the way on e-learning during the pandemic
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many universities are currently deliberating what to do for the forthcoming semester. St. Teresa’s College of Education, one of five female-only…
Brazil Amazon deforestation up in June, set for worst year in over a decade
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June, preliminary government data on Friday showed, heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro…
Education vital to prevent escalation of violence that can lead to genocide, OSCE human rights head says on Srebrenica anniversary
The importance of education and commemoration to promote tolerance and prevent the escalation of violence cannot be underestimated, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and…
England at serious risk of water shortage by 2040, MPs warn
England is at ”serious risk” of running out of water within 20 years because of policymakers’, regulators’ and the water sector’s failure to tackle leakage…
WRAP unveils second plastic research grant
WRAP has opened the second round of funding from its £20 million Plastic Research and Innovation Fund (PRIF), with grants of up to £150,000 available…
Germany’s Merkel says EU must prepare for no-deal Brexit
Germany will continue to push to seal a new partnership agreement with Britain by the end of the year, but the European Union should also…
Pandemic could push 45 million in Latin America into poverty: UN
The COVID-19 pandemic could push 45 million people from the middle classes into poverty in already economically troubled Latin America and the Caribbean, the United…
UN Secretary-General: Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has today issued a stark warning that too many governments and businesses ”have still not got the message” and risk engineering…
Australian Green Distillation Technologies seeks to expand into Europe
According to the company’s news release, Australian tire recycler Green Distillation Technologies, which has developed technology that turns end-of-life tires (ELTs) into refinery-ready oil, carbon…
EU has failed to halt decline of bees and butterflies, auditors say
European measures taken to protect bees and butterflies and prevent their decline across the bloc have been largely ineffective, auditors said on Thursday. The European…
Why is coronavirus causing rising hunger in middle-income countries?
More people will die of hunger caused by the pandemic than of coronavirus this year, according to ”The Hunger Virus”, a report from Oxfam. Poor…
Nokia launches data centre networking tools, developed with Apple
Finland’s Nokia launched a set of tools on Thursday for data centre networking, developed in cooperation with Apple Inc, to help companies to manage the…
OECD-wide jobless rate projected to reach 12.6% if pandemic resurges
The average unemployment rate among the world’s wealthy nations could reach 12.6 percent by the end of this year if a second coronavirus pandemic wave…
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