The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in a new report on the coronavirus pandemic, says over 300,000 Africans could lose their lives due to COVID-19. This, as the pandemic continues to impact on the Continent’s struggling economies whose growth is expected to slow down from 3.2 percent to 1.8 percent in a best-case scenario, pushing close to 27 million people into extreme poverty.
Marc Andreessen, the entrepreneur and investor who has recently backed Bitcoin startup Coinbase, says Mt. Gox “had to die” for Bitcoin to thrive. The comments from Andreessen, whose firm Andreessen Horowitz led a $25 million funding round for Bitcoin marketplace Coinbase late last year, says his commitment and encouragement regarding the digital currency remain unchanged.
The EU made a positive and constructive contribution to the development of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expired at the end of 2015, have made an enormous contribution in raising public awareness, increasing political will and mobilising resources for the fight to end poverty.
AFP — President Francois Hollande Friday pledged to close France's oldest operational nuclear plant in 2016 and rejected seven proposals for shale gas exploration on health and environment concerns. «The Fessenheim plant which is the oldest in our country, will be closed at the end of 2016 in conditions that will guarantee the supply needs of the region... and safeguard all jobs».
Gambling will be any wagering connected with something of value or money about a specific event along with no certain end result, along with the main intention regarding either winning money or maybe other objects. Gambling for that reason requires three key ingredients: risk, thought, and an acceptable prize.
The tenth Petersberg Climate Dialogue ended with a commitment to joint progress in climate protection. After negotiating the agreement and the rules in the foreground in previous years, the main focus was on implementation. The goal is that the international community will work together to improve climate protection in order to avert dangerous climate change.
The United States is fueling a conflict that has resulted in war crimes and famine. A day ago, a Saudi jet fired on a convoy of cars in Mawzaa district, Yemen. The strike is reported to have killed at least twenty civilians, many from the same family. These cars carried families who were fleeing renewed fighting near the city of Taiz in southwest Yemen.
It’s 9 p.m. on a chilly fall evening. You are knackered from your four-hour shift at the library circulation desk and all you want to do is watch an episode of “How I Met Your Mother.” But your linear algebra problem set is calling. Sigh. You run your hand through your now loose and dandruffed braids, looking around your dorm room. Your huge national flag stares at you.