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24 Jan 17
US president Donald Trump has blocked US aid to foreign organisations that promote or perform abortions overseas, continuing a rapid-fire first week in office that has also seen him pull America out...
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23 Jan 17
The United Nations’ environment agency has struck a deal with a Chinese financial technology company with the aim of stimulating technology innovation in the field of green finance.
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23 Jan 17
The former president of The Gambia has allegedly made off with $11m in public money after going into exile over the weekend.
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23 Jan 17
President Trump can learn from Britain as he aims to fulfil his promise of being “the greatest jobs producer that God ever created”, the Resolution Foundation think-tank argues today.
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20 Jan 17
China’s economy grew by 6.7% in 2016 according to official figures published today amid fresh concerns regarding the reliability of the country's economic indicators.
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20 Jan 17
Incoming US president Donald Trump is reportedly eyeing $10tn worth of cuts to government spending over the next decade.
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20 Jan 17
The European Central Bank has kept its extraordinary monetary policy unchanged after its latest monetary policy meeting yesterday.
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20 Jan 17
A British conservative think-tank has called on the country’s government to review its commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on overseas aid.
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19 Jan 17
An initiative to use ‘blue’ bonds to support marine conservation and climate change initiatives in small island nations has won a design grant from a blended finance platform.
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19 Jan 17
The European Commission has called on Italy to reduce its 2017 deficit by around €3.4bn ($3.64bn) to avoid potential sanctions for breaking European Union spending rules.
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19 Jan 17
The European Union’s response to recent disasters around the world has been “broadly effective”, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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19 Jan 17
A coalition of governments, businesses and philanthropists has pledged $460m to create vaccines to halt diseases before they can spread.
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19 Jan 17
The International Monetary Fund has slashed Saudi Arabia’s 2017 growth forecast by 1.6 percentage points this week, as OPEC-agreed cuts to oil production weigh on the country’s already struggling...
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18 Jan 17
With UK prime minister Theresa May putting flesh on the Brexit bones, here's what a host of EU leaders had to say
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18 Jan 17
Barack Obama’s administration in the US has approved a grant worth $500m for the UN-affiliated Green Climate Fund, three days before the president leaves office.
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17 Jan 17
National statistical offices must be strengthened in order to meet the data challenge presented by the Sustainable Development Goals, a top United Nations official has told a forum of data experts.
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17 Jan 17
The European Union’s executive is failing to tackle food waste, which amounts to around 88 million tonnes per year, auditors have found.
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17 Jan 17
Mozambique will miss a $60m interest payment on Irish-listed eurobonds due tomorrow, the country’s finance ministry has said.
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16 Jan 17
Previous predictions of higher global growth over the next two years are likely to be realised, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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16 Jan 17
Inflation in Nigeria rose for the tenth consecutive month in December, according to a report published last week by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.
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16 Jan 17
Power needs to be shifted out of the hands of drug manufacturers in order to ease pressure on public health spending caused by a proliferation of high-cost medicines, the OECD has said.
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16 Jan 17
Just eight men hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, Oxfam has found in a report that aims to put rising global inequality into perspective.
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16 Jan 17
New investment in clean energy fell by 18% across the world last year in dollar terms, according to research published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance last week.
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13 Jan 17
“Management weaknesses” in the European Commission have contributed to reducing the effectiveness of recent EU aid to Honduras, according to a report published yesterday by the European Court of...
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13 Jan 17
The Nigerian government looks set to “imminently” launch its new development bank, which will focus on providing finance for micro, small and medium-sized firms.