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Ethiopia will need urgent global support in race to prepare for main agricultural season – UN

New York, Aug 15 (Just Earth News): Seasonal floods, resulting in crop damage and inundation of pastures, following a severe El Niño-induced drought in Ethiopia may be further exacerbated by its cool weather counterpart, La Niña, expected from October onwards, the United Nations agricultural agency has warned. more

Global food prices down slightly in July – UN agency

New York, Aug 4 (Just Earth News): The international prices for major food commodities saw a modest decline in July, following five consecutive months of increases, according to the United N ...

UN body agrees framework to make globalization and trade work for billions across global south

New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Friday wrapped up its fourteenth quadrennial conference, with delegations in Nairobi, ...

First Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of BRICS New Development Bank held in Shanghai

New Delhi/Shanghai, Jul 21 (Just Earth News): The First Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the BRICS New Development Bank was held on Wednesday at Shanghai, China, where it was deci ...

As robotics advance in South-East Asia, investment needed to build skilled workforce – UN labour agency

New York, July 8 (Just Earth News): The robot age is already a reality among manufacturers in South-East Asia, where countries have been incrementally introducing automation to improve quali ...

David Cameron bites Brexit bullet, announces to resign as Prime Minister

London, Jun 24 (JEN): David Cameron, who fought for the remain campaign in the EU referendum and had put his neck on the line almost in his impassioned plea to voters to keep Britain in the ...

Brexit: Cameron announces he will step down by Oct

London, June 24 (JEN): Wilting under the setback of Brexit as people voted to leave the EU, British Prime Minister David Cameron, who had campaigned hard urging voters to remain with the uni ...

Brexit: RBI governor Rajan says India will overcome the impact

Basil, Switzerland, June 24 (JEN): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram G Rajan on Friday said India will survive the impact of Brexit or Britain exiting from the European Union owi ...

Nigel Farage sees Brexit as 'Independence Day' for Britain

London, Jun 24 (JEN): Moments after Britons voted for Brexit, marking a historic divorce from the European Union, United Kingdom Independent Party leader Nigel Farage celebrated the separati ...

Brexit: India prepared to deal with consequences, says Jaitley

New Delhi, June 24 (JEN): Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the country is prepared well to deal with the short and medium term consequences of Briton leaving the European ...