June2019
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China says trade war ‘has not made America great again’
Jun 2, 2019Washington’s escalating trade war with Beijing has not “made America great again” and has instead damaged the American economy, China said Sunday, stressing that while it wants resolution through talks there will be no compromise on... -
Virginia Beach police say gunman was disgruntled city engineer
Jun 1, 2019Virginia Beach police named the gunman who killed 12 people and wounded four others at a municipal building on Friday as DeWayne Craddock, saying he was a disgruntled city engineer. Craddock was killed in a gun... -
Pre-budget dialogue on pro-poor urban development
Jun 1, 2019Inadequate government allocation, shortage of manpower, outdated laws and rules unable to address present needs, flawed development plans and programs are plaguing the municipalities as they strive to provide different services to the ever-increasing urban population.... -
UNHCR and Qatar Charity sign three agreements in support of the Refugees
Jun 1, 2019UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Qatar Charity (QC) have signed today three agreements worth USD 4 million, in support of UNHCR operations in Iraq, Bangladesh and Yemen. These agreements were signed at QC’s headquarters in... -
ADB private sector deal to promote solar power in Afghanistan
Jun 1, 2019The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $4 million loan with a unique purpose vehicle and subsidiaries owned by the 77 Construction, Contracting, and Trading Group (77 Group), an international civil works contracting firm headquartered... -
Pope urges Hungarians, Romanians to put troubles behind them
Jun 1, 2019Pope Francis urged ethnic Hungarians and Romanians to place their troubled past in it on Saturday as bad weather disrupted his trip to Transylvania, forcing him to be driven all day on winding mountain roads. A... -
India lost its spot as the world’s fastest-growing economy
Jun 1, 2019India has lost its spot as the world’s fastest-growing economy after it grew more slowly than expected in the first three months of 2019. Official data showed the economy grew 5.8%, which is slower than the... -
Health progress threatened by neglect of gender
Jun 1, 2019The Sustainable Development Goals offer the prospect of ensuring healthy lives for the world’s population by 2030. But this ambition will not be realized without eliminating gender inequality and changing society’s attitudes toward women and men.... -
Fortinet helps partners to improve support strategies to better secure customers’ network
Jun 1, 2019Fortinet announced the winners of its 2018 Partner of the Year Awards at its SAARC partner conference, PartnerSync 2019. The conference took place in Istanbul, Turkey, brought together over 125 partners from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh,... -
Brazil’s jobless rate fell in the latest three-month period
Jun 1, 2019Brazil’s jobless rate fell in the latest three-month period, data showed on Friday, but the number of people who gave up looking for work hit a record high as the economy totters on the edge of...
