November2016
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UN Environment, China collaborate on major South-South initiative
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: UN Environment launched today a decade-long (2016-2025) flagship programme on Climate, Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CEL), supported by China and designed to assist countries in the Global South with effective delivery of the Sustainable Development... -
Medical care provided to displaced families in Iraq
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: An IOM Iraq mobile medical team based in Erbil travelled to the sprawling Hasan Sham camp for Iraqis displaced by the fighting near Mosul every day this week, visiting a facility that has swelled... -
Japan and ADB supports road upgrade to boost economic growth in Timor-Leste
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $49.65 million loan to upgrade 105 kilometers of road connecting the capital, Dili, and the second-largest town, Baucau, located on the north coast with cofinancing from... -
Bon Jovi takes Billboard’s No.1 album spot for sixth time
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: New albums from rockers Bon Jovi and R&B singer Alicia Keys took the two top spots on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Monday, while the soundtrack for kids movie “Trolls” moved in to... -
Musician Leon Russell dies at 74
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: Leon Russell, who emerged in the 1970s as one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most dynamic performers and songwriters after playing anonymously on dozens of pop hits as a much-in-demand studio pianist in the 1960s,... -
Nishikori thrashes wayward Wawrinka at Tour Finals
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: Japan’s Kei Nishikori dispatched error-strewn Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-2 6-3 in a disappointingly one-sided clash at the ATP World Tour Finals on Monday. What had promised to be a standout tussle between the world’s... -
Stenson needs long game back on song in Dubai
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: Henrik Stenson is looking to iron out some creases in his long game in time for Europe’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai which starts on Thursday. The money-list leader was not at... -
Klinsmann wants angry US after World Cup blow
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann has called for his team to harness a sense of anger as they attempt to bounce back from a shattering World Cup defeat to Mexico against Costa Rica on... -
De Kock ton as S.Africa tighten noose
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: Quinton de Kock plundered a century Monday as South Africa frustrated Australia to tighten their grip on the second Test as the sun emerged on the third day in Hobart. After Sunday’s second day... -
Bolt to join training at Dortmund
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt, who has often said he dreams of becoming a professional footballer, will spend a few days training with Borussia Dortmund, the German club confirmed Sunday. Britain’s The Guardian had...
