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Never mind growth, Davos delegates – how about a World Development Forum? Lawrence Haddad

This year’s gathering at Davos discussed inequality more than ever before. The latest Oxfam report has focused us all on one figure: 1% of the world’s populatio...

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Hollywood

UN Messenger Of Peace Honoured For Anti-Hunger Efforts

United Nations Messenger of Peace Princess Haya Al Hussein, of Jordan, has been awarded the 2015 Hunger Hero Award by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) during a ceremony at...

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Health

Bill Gates predicts HIV vaccine by 2030

Bill Gates believes that a vaccine and new intensive drugs to combat HIV should be available by 2030 and end most new cases of the virus that has killed millions in the pas...

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Festivals

Artiste Mamta Sen’s Pays Tribute To Poor Farmers Of Sawantwadi Through Her Painting Collection – The Wait

Artiste Mamta Sen (also journalist) showcased her painting collection ‘The Wait’ at Mumbai Art By Artists, Prince of Wales Museum, Coomarswamy ...

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Hollywood

Emma Watson Launches Next Phase In HeForShe Campaign At Davos Forum

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, UN Women – the United Nations entity dedicated to achieving women’s empowerment and gender equality – u...

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Sustainable Development

Net positive: ‘It’s the leading edge of sustainability, but we’ve not cracked it’

“Net positive”, like so much management-speak, feels almost intentionally discombobulating. Be not confused, however. The clue is in the name. In a net-positive...

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Hollywood

Pharrell Williams - Al Gore Heading To World Economic Forum

Pharrell Williams is to attend the World Economic Forum (Wef) in Davos, Switzerland this week (beg19Jan15) to take part in a discussion about climate change. The Happy hit ...

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Sustainable Development

Clinton Headlines Women's Economic Forum

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that more women globally need to move from the “informal economy” in which their contributions are not r...

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Sustainable Development

World conference on education for sustainable development opens next week in Japan

Unesco’s director-general, the Crown Prince of Japan and Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco — the President of the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Protection of the...

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Sustainable Development

Ban Ki-moon Calls for Sustainable Industrial Development, Jobs for Young People

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday outlined a four-point plan aimed at achieving sustainable industrial development, which includes generating mor e jobs for young...

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