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Environment

Climate Change Could Hurt Global Economy: Study Finds Link Between Global Warming And Productivity.

A new study threw gas into the flames of climate change debates. Three economists from Stanford University and the University of California (UC) in Berkeley looked into the...

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Sustainable Development

India Can Guide Africa In Capacity Building For Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

The current development agenda is driven by five transformative shifts: to leave no one behind; to put sustainable development at the core; to transform economies for jobs ...

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Health

The Breast Milk Elixir

Current estimates backed by the World Health Organization and Unicef are that optimal breast-feeding would save 800,000 children’s lives a year in developing countrie...

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Environment

These Nations Might Have The Most To Lose With A Global Climate Deal

So far, more than 120 countries have made detailed pledges for reducing emissions to the United Nations before the Paris conference in early December. Those countries repre...

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Festivals

Rome Film Festival Gets A Makeover

The 10th annual Rome Film Festival opens Friday under a new director who hopes to turn a smaller budget into a sharper mandate. He’s eliminated the jury, the competit...

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Health

WHO/UNAIDS Launch New Standards To Improve Adolescent Care

6 OCTOBER 2015 GENEVA – New Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents developed by WHO and UNAIDS aim to help countries improve...

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Gender

Where’s The Best Place To Be A Woman?

“There has never been a better time in history to be born female,” said US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at this year’s Women in the World Summit...

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Gender

Gender Equality And The Global Goals

Just over a week ago at the United Nations (UN), one hundred ninety-three countries adopted a new sustainable development agenda to tackle some of the world’s most pr...

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Festivals

At 38th Mill Valley Film Fest, Gender Is On The Agenda

Hollywood’s new “it girl” may be more collective than individual. From “The Danish Girl” on opening night to “Suffragette” as its ...

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Health

Orlando Bloom Meets Refugees In Serbia.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has completed his two-day visit to Serbia to meet refugee and migrant children moving into Europe in the hope of finding a place of...

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