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COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries
A previous goal of $100 billion per year, which expires in 2025,...
10 most climate-vulnerable countries got less than $1 year climate finance: Report
The data also shows the 10 countries most affected by climate...
soil salinization poses riskS to global food security:FAO
New report on soil shows 55 percent of countries surveyed lack adequate capacities for soil analysis Some of the worst affected regions are in Central Asia, the Middle East, South America, North Africa and the Pacific. “Soil is the foundation of agriculture and the...
WHO Tells Asia-Pacific To Brace For Omicron
"People should not only rely on border measures," Takeshi Kasai, WHO regional director for the western Pacific, told a virtual media briefing. "What is most important is to prepare for these variants with potential high transmissibility. So far the information...
Omicron Spreads To 38 Nations, No Deaths Reported, Says WHO
The World Health Organization has warned it could take weeks to determine how infectious the variant is, whether it causes more severe illness and how effective treatments and vaccines are against it. "We're going to get the answers that everybody out there needs,"...
With 1.3 million annual road deaths, UN wants to halve number by 2030
With a notable funding gap in most countries, 90% of road deaths happen in low and middle-income countries. UN: Road accidents are still responsible for 1.3 million annual deaths and 50 million injuries all over the world, but the United Nations has a Global Plan to...
Australian watchdog sues supermarket chain Coles over staff underpayments
In a raft of allegations against one of the country's biggest employers, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) said Coles underpaid 7,812 employees by A$115.2 million ($81.99 million) between January 2017 and March 2020. "Businesses paying annual salaries cannot take a...
GSK says tests show antibody drug works against Omicron variant
In a statement, the British drugmaker said that lab tests and a study on hamsters have demonstrated the sotrovimab antibody cocktail to work against viruses that were bio-engineered to carry a number of hallmark mutations of the Omicron variant. London:...
China updates risk management rules for insurance groups
The move is aimed at curbing risk in the sector and pushing insurance groups "to focus on the core business, strengthen their equity investment management … and to curb disorderly expansion of capital," the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC)...
Globally, 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020: UNICEF
Alarmingly, 2 in 5 children living with HIV worldwide do not know their status, and just over half of children with HIV are receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART). Some barriers to adequate access to HIV services are longstanding and familiar, including...
Howden acquires Hong Kong based Expat Marine
Julian Franzman, Regional Head of Howden Marine Specialty, noted: “This acquisition will strengthen our overall offering for our marine clients in Hong Kong, and reiterates Howden’s ongoing strategy of empowering local teams to partner with culturally-aligned...
Gallagher Completes Acquisition of WTW’s treaty reinsurance operations
Together with Gallagher’s existing reinsurance operations, the combined businesses will trade as Gallagher Re from more than 70 offices across 31 countries and incorporate 2400 colleagues ROLLING MEADOWS: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, the third largest international...