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The Luxury Collection Makes A Landmark Debut In Qatar

The Luxury Collection today announced the opening of Al Messila, A Luxury Collection Resort & Spa in Doha, marking the debut of the brand in Qatar....

ADB to Help Improve Rural Water Supply, Sanitation in Kyrgyz Republic

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $27.4 million financing package to provide safe and reliable water supply and sanitation services to more than 64,000...

IRENA Facilitates Investment and Renewable Projects on Ground in Africa

Boosting renewable energy projects on the ground requires scaling up investment. IRENA’s state-of-the-art analysis of enabling policy frameworks and finance mechanisms channel public and private investment in...

Africa-Europe Alliance: Two new financial guarantees under the EU External Investment Plan

Today in the margins of the 2019 Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa, the European Commission signed two guarantee agreements with two Member States' development...

UNIDO Project in Kyrgyzstan named “Project of the Year”

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) received the “Project of the Year” award for its activities related to “Linking the tourism industry to productive activities...

UNIDO and Morocco’s MASEN to strengthen cooperation to deploy renewable energy technologies

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy of the Kingdom of Morocco (MASEN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Health spending set to outpace GDP growth to 2030

Health expenditure will outpace GDP growth over the next 15 years in almost every OECD country, according to new OECD forecasts. Health spending per capita will...

EU delivers on stronger European Border and Coast Guard to support Member States

Today, the Council has officially adopted the Commission's proposal to reinforce the European Border and Coast Guard. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency will have...

EU-Singapore agreement to enter into force on 21 November 2019

EU Member States today endorsed the trade agreement between the EU and Singapore. This means the agreement will enter into force as soon as 21 November. President...

IRENA Concludes its Eighteenth Council

High-level representatives from 124 member countries attended the 18th meeting of the IRENA Council, held on November 5 and 6, 2019, in Abu Dhabi, to review...

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Houthi Gains in Yemen Put the U.S. in a New Red Sea Dilemma

The Iran-aligned Houthis have launched a rapid offensive along...

BRICS Urges ‘Maximum Restraint’ as Middle East Crisis Deepens

The BRICS group of nations adopted a joint declaration...

Saudi Arabia Shuts Oil Pipeline as Houthis Tighten Grip on Red Sea Shipping

Saudi Arabia has closed its East-West oil pipeline due...

How Banning Chinese AI Could Hurt American Innovation

The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...
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