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Earth Today |New money for vital natural resource?

WITH AN identified water storage gap in the Caribbean has come the recommendation for the sourcing of alternative financing for the precious resource in the region. This is a point of view reflected in the perspectives paper developed by Global...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Just as we were still grappling with developments in the African Development Bank, with Nigeria seemingly headed for a one-on-one with America over a second term for Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the news came of Nigeria throwing the hat of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in the ring for the office of

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New Delhi - The Indian government has released the back-end code of the country's Covid-19 contact-tracing app to address concerns of privacy violation and data protection. Experts claim it is not enough. The app, Aarogya Setu, which requires the use of Bluetooth and GPS, was released on April

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