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World Economic Forum offers an integrated blueprint for future-ready cities
In response to COVID-19, widening inequality and global conflicts, the World Economic Forum has released four reports on how cities can finance and deliver urban transformation projects using a systems approach. The reports provide case…
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Clean energy transition to help Indonesia to diversify its economy – IEA
A recently released IEA report says Indonesia has a realistic opportunity to achieve the goal of net zero emissions by 2060. This will result in more affordable and secure energy supplies for its citizens. As the world's fourth most…
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Union says UK prime minister will face staff walkout on first day in office
The public service trade union said on Thursday that workers at Britain's business and energy department will begin a strike next week. This will be on the day the country's new prime minister is named. A group of workers at the Department…
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Fresh flood threatens Pakistan, forcing millions to evacuate
As the region nervously awaited the arrival of rainwater flowing from Pakistan's north, emergency responders in the south of Pakistan have scrambled to evacuate millions of people from remote villages as a result of heavy rains that were…
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Germany to expand its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region
The German defense chief said that the country intends to increase its military presence in the Indo-Pacific by deploying more warships and participating in drills with its allies. Along with other Western nations, Germany is flexing its…
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Jeju Island is forecast to be hit by a super strong typhoon early next week
Jeju, a southern resort island, may be directly affected by a super-strong typhoon approaching the Korean Peninsula early next week, the state weather agency said Thursday. At 3 a.m. Friday, Typhoon Hinnamnor, the 11th tropical storm of…
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Egyptian canal authority re-floats tanker after it runs aground in the Suez Canal
An oil tanker stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal late on Wednesday due to a technical problem with its rudder was re-floated by tug boats, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said. Two navigational sources reported that Affinity V had been blocking…
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Brazilian Amazon suffers from most severe August fires in over a decade
A series of fires swept through Brazil's Amazon rainforest in August, the most since 2010, according to government data released Wednesday. It was the highest number of fires since 2010, surpassing the fires that drew international…
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
At the age of 91, Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, has passed away, according to hospital officials in Moscow. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president,…
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Fire-stricken ferry is due back in Swedish ports
It is expected that a ferry will be back in Nynashamn after a fire on the car deck temporarily knocked out its power, the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) said in a report on Wednesday. On Monday, a fire broke out in a refrigerated…
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