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Portland event to combat period poverty through donations of menstrual products
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Positive Charge! PDX hosted a collection event over the weekend to combat period poverty, encouraging the community to donate menstrual and hygiene products. The initiative, part of the Period Power Project, aims to…
Use foreign exchange reserves to maintain overseas aid, Starmer urged
The government is being urged to consider leaning on Britain’s £150 billion foreign exchange reserves to prevent deep cuts in overseas aid to low-income countries threatened by the withdrawal of US funding. A group of Labour MPs wants the…
Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region
UN Peaceekeeping training cohort at Pinkenba.
Photo: Australian Federal Police
Australia has launched the world's first UN Police Peacekeeping Training course tailored specifically for the Pacific region.
The five-week program,…
Medical debt relief heading to Vermonters | Local News
MONTPELIER — A new law will wipe away medical debt for Vermonters and clear it from credit scores. Treasurer…
World Bank, fisheries dept inspect cage culture | Ranchi News
Hazaribag: A joint team of senior officials of World Bank, the French Development Agency, NCDC (National Co-operative Development Corporation) and Jharkhand State Fisheries Department inspected the cage culture activities being conducted at…
My gift to Labour: a chance for it to act on child poverty | House of Lords
Labour should welcome my 11th-hour intervention of adding child poverty reduction targets to its children’s wellbeing and schools bill (Report, 12 May).The storm over Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech lays bare the flaw in chasing…
Minister Bilal Kayani welcomes World Bank proposals to improve rail operations
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Railways Bilal Azhar Kayani met with a high-level World Bank delegation on Saturday to discuss key initiatives for modernizing Pakistan Railways.
Led by Jen Jungeun Oh, Practice Manager for South Asia at…
AI Could Add $1.5 Trillion to Africa’s Economy by 2030, SAP Reports
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) could contribute $1.5 trillion to Africa’s economy by 2030 if the continent captures 10% of the global AI market, according to a report by German software firm…
Radio Havana Cuba | The government of Uruguay is committed to reducing poverty
Reducing Poverty: The Commitment of the Uruguayan Government
By María Josefina Arce
On March 1, when Yamandú Orsi of the leftist Broad Front took office as president of Uruguay, he stated that he would seek to…