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Africa to be $2.5 trillion short of climate finance by 2030, UN says
By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) - Africa will be $2.5 trillion short of the finance it needs to cope with climate change by 2030, a U.N. official said on Monday, adding that the continent has cont...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024
Spain's Catalonia hands out free reusable menstruation products
By Horaci Garcia and Albert Gea BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's Catalonia region began providing free reusable menstrual cups, period underwear and cloth pads at pharmacies on Monday, in one of the firs...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024
ICC judges allow in absentia hearings for charges against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday ruled that prosecutors can bring a hearing on charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony in his absence on Oc...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024
Panama GDP growth expected to slow to 2.5% in 2024 on First Quantum mine closure, IMF says
(Reuters) - Panama's economy is expected to see growth slow in 2024 to 2.5%, from 7.5% in the previous year, as a result of the closure of First Quantum Minerals' lucrative copper mine in the country,...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024
Argentine state news agency Telam shut after Milei threat
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Workers at Argentine state news agency Telam found the doors of the 80-year-old institution's office barred on Monday and were told to down tools for at least ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024
Greece records hottest ever winter, raising fears of summer fires
ATHENS (Reuters) - This winter was the hottest on record for Greece, according to data analysed by Greek scientists, threatening the viability of crops and raising fears of another summer of devastati...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024
Closing gender gap could lift global GDP more than 20%, World Bank says
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ending discriminatory laws and practices that prevent women from working or starting businesses could raise global gross domestic product by more than 20%, whic...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024
Iran election turnout hits record low, hardliners maintain grip on parliament
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Turnout in Iran's parliamentary election was around 41%, the country's interior minister said on Monday, the lowest participation since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolutio...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024
Poland buys Saab grenade launchers in $1.63 billion deal
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has signed a deal to buy anti-tank grenade launchers from Sweden's Saab in a deal worth around 6.5 billion zlotys ($1.63 billion), its Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kam...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024
Cuba turns to World Food Programme for milk supply as crisis deepens
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba on Monday confirmed it had sought help from the World Food Programme to guarantee the supply of subsidized powdered milk for children, according to a report in state-run media,...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2024

