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Climate Change: How many more alarm bells?
A frame-filling portrait of a male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) jumping in the pack ice. Svalbard, Norway. Photo: Arturo de Frias Marques/Wikimedia Commons It’s been more than two years since the international community reached the Paris Agreement to address...Mar 30, 2018 1285 0 -
Amid Facebook data scandal, UN says protection of privacy must be top priority
Cybersecurity ITU Image The United Nations says as the Internet user growth increases with growing online commerce of goods and services, protection of privacy must be a top priority. The UN agency dealing with the economics...Mar 29, 2018 923 0 -
On International Women’s Day, report says much remains to be done to close gender gaps
Young factory workers producing shirts in Accra, Ghana, Photo: World Bank/Dominic Chavez Countries in several parts of the world have made progress on closing gender gaps over the past 20 years, but women still lack access...Mar 8, 2018 1204 0 -
The challenges facing Pakistani journalists
Journalism in the rapidly changing environment has a lot of new opportunities. However, it also faces many new challenges. In several developing countries, challenges facing working journalists outweigh opportunities, especially when journalists investigate corruption and misuse...Dec 3, 2017 2198 0 -
World economy not creating enough jobs leaving more young people unemployed
Young women look for work at a job centre in Tianjin, China. Photo: ILO The disconnect between world economic growth and job creation is likely to widen next year with more young people worldwide feared to...Nov 21, 2017 1229 0 -
Economic upturn opens window of opportunity to tackle key challenges
Silicon Alley centered around Flatiron District NYC, Photo Dave Lindblom/Wikimedia Commons In a communiqué released after the International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting in Washington, world’s top finance managers welcomed the continuing global upswing in economic activity...Oct 16, 2017 1167 0 -
UN expert says Switzerland needs to do more to keep ‘dirty money’ at bay
Zurich, Photo by MadGeographer/Wikimedia Commons Amid international concerns over money laundering and corruption, a top United Nations human rights expert has asked Switzerland to ensure that so called dirty money – which stems from tax evasion...Oct 5, 2017 1143 0 -
Young people are the force behind rapid Internet expansion
Photo: Tomwsulcer/Wikimedia Commons Young people aged 15-24 are pushing the Internet use to new boundaries, constituting 71 percent of the nearly half of the world’s population connected to the digital information and connectivity highway. Of the...Aug 1, 2017 1482 0 -
A sea change or no more fishing
Photo by U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Wikimedia shows 400 tons of jack mackerel caught by a Chilean purse seiner Will there ever be a sea change? Industrial fishing, overfishing, illegal fishing, bycatch, environmental dangers, exponentially...May 30, 2017 1864 0 -
Aided by technology, services exports form new avenues of growth
Boosted by rapid advances in technology, services exports—accounting for nearly one fourth of total exports—now play a central role in the global economy opening new avenues of growth for developing economies. An International Monetary Fund paper...Apr 10, 2017 1368 0
