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“The asset management industry is a joke in respect to what they are actually doing [around climate change],” he said. “They talk but they don’t actually do anything effective.” Chris Hohn
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Polls open in Tanzania's general election
Voting begins amid nationwide reports of social media restrictions, plus violence in Zanzibar.
Indian child poverty charity offers free school meals in England
Akshaya Patra, which feeds millions in India, opens first of three planned kitchens
The Elders call for urgent action to address multilateral failings exposed by COVID-19
The Elders call on world leaders to urgently strengthen, defend, and realise the potential of the multilateral system, to end the current disarray in the global order.
COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat
New research highlights how remittances can support African countries in mitigating the socioeconomic implications of COVID-19.
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@DinaPomeranz Here’s a recent paper from @ONECampaign and @ECA_OFFICIAL @SongweVera @Razakidae
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Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record
Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say
Arron Banks: ‘Brexit was a war. We won. There’s no turning back now’
Now out of Ukip – the party he bankrolled – Arron Banks is creating a political movement of his own. We met the ‘bad boy of Brexit’ just before article 50 was triggered – and found his ambitions go far beyond leaving Europe
State Department weighs labeling several prominent human rights groups anti-Semitic
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is pushing for the declaration, according to a congressional aide with contacts inside the State Department.
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As World Bank pushes others on debt relief, it doesn't participate
The World Bank has been an advocate for more debt relief, but it maintains that it should be exempt from such efforts, and remain focused on providing much-needed aid. Not everyone agrees.
No Time To Pay Tax?
How EON Productions, the studio behind the James Bond films, has minimised UK tax for decades whilst receiving tens of millions of pounds in subsidy from the UK tax payer. Introduction. The British production company behind the hugely successful...
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It's pun time!
#TaxTwitter @AlexJacobs16 @alexcobham @JudithFreedman @nickshaxson @DerejeAlemay
James Bond: No Time to Pay Tax
👉Windfall?
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Death of the calorie
For more than a century we’ve counted on calories to tell us what will make us fat. Peter Wilson says it’s time to bury the world’s most misleading measure
MiniDiscs Helped Me Keep in Touch With My Brother, a World Away
Mailing each other packages of tiny discs filled with music kept us connected.
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An ode to....the #Minidisc. A brilliant technology.
I still have my collection from the early 2000s and still listen to them.
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Decade of Health - Homepage
Our vision is of a future where the UK is healthier, stronger, and safer because countries around the world are working together to tackle the most important health challenges, like pandemics and preventable diseases.To make this future a reality,...
Phase 4: Belgium imposes curfew, closes bars, restricts contacts
Belgium is once again tightening its measures to stop the rising coronavirus infections, hospital admissions and deaths in the country, announced Prime Minister Alexander De Croo during a press confer
Just the start
Mark Zuckerberg’s choice to ban Holocaust denial on Facebook is undoubtedly the right one. But who adjudicates for such decisions in parts of the world where he...