July2016

News Hour: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will provide a loan equal to 450 billion Indonesian Rupiah (approximately 33 million US Dollars) to B. Braun Melsungen AG operations in Indonesia to help finance...

News Hour: Lyft and General Motors announced the expansion of their Express Drive short-term vehicle access program to California and Colorado, including the all-new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV. Launching in San Francisco in the summer of...

News Hour: IOM last week (6-8 July) organized a three-day training on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop, which brought together 35 health assessment physicians from across Africa, was designed to enhance...

News Hour: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao today met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to discuss how the institution can support the new administration’s efforts in promoting sustainable growth, reducing poverty, and increasing transparency...

News Hour: IOM has identified 430,062 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in seven districts in Somalia after piloting its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in the country from April to May 2016. The DTM was rolled out across...

News Hour: “Despite the recent unspeakable tragedies in Bangladesh, the Alliance and our member companies will work with the Ready-made Garments industries in Bangladesh” former US Ambassador Mr. James Moriarty who is currently working as the country director of the...

News Hour: This week IOM hosted a three-day policymaker training workshop on migration, environment and climate change in Quatre Bornes, Mauritius. The European Union-funded workshop – organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development,...

News Hour: Iran has called in the French ambassador and lodged a formal protest over a rally outside Paris held by an exiled opposition group last weekend, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday, reports BSS. The...

News Hour: An Israeli border policeman shot dead one Palestinian and wounded another in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday when they drove towards officers, an army spokeswoman said, reports BSS. The officers had been carrying...

News Hour: After months of bitter campaigning, Bernie Sanders finally endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, pledging to work tirelessly to help his former rival defeat Donald Trump and win the White House,...