Leading Platform Companies Commit to Principles on Good Platform Work
Leading
platform companies – Cabify, Deliveroo, Grab, MBO Partners, Postmates and Uber
– have partnered through the World Economic Forum platform to create principles
for the quality...
2019 second hottest year on record
Last
year was the second warmest year on record, the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) confirmed on Wednesday.
“The
average global temperature has risen by about 1.1°C since the pre-industrial
era and...
Drought in southern Africa: EU releases over €22 million in humanitarian aid
The
European Commission is mobilising a humanitarian aid package of €22.8 million
to help address emergency food needs and support vulnerable people in Eswatini,
Lesotho, Madagascar, Zambia...
5 Thrilling Reasons to Visit Four Seasons Hotel Montreal This Winter
When
it comes to winter destinations, Montreal tops the lists of many travellers
from all corners of the world. The Canadian metropolis and its surroundings were
made...
Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization in Mali
Implementation of
the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the
only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN
peacekeeping told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Jean-Pierre
Lacroix updated ambassadors on developments in the West African
country, where a UN operation,...
AIIB Investing to Address the Digital Divide in Asia
With four billion people globally still
unconnected, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is seeking to
address the growing digital divide.
In Asia only 26 per...
4IR Tech Can Fast Track 70% of Sustainable Development Goals
2030
is the “Decade of Delivery” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – yet
the gap between where we are, and where we need to be...
Biodiversity loss: what is causing it and why is it a concern?
Biodiversity, or
the variety of all living things on our planet, has been declining at an
alarming rate in recent years, mainly due to human activities,...
UNWTO successfully completes tourism marketing project for Yunnan Province, China
A delegation from UNWTO visited Kunming to deliver a
training seminar on implementing the International Tourism Marketing Strategy
designed for the Yunnan Province of China.
The
strategy...
Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams -new UN report
Nearly
nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their
childhood and subjected them to “unabated violations of their
rights”, including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced to fight
or...