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Figure 1: Proportion of population with access to clean cooking fuels and technologies (Data source: World Health Organization, via the Asia Pacific Energy Portal. Data was unavailable for New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Is., American Samoa, French Polynesia and Guam.) Opinion by David Ferrari – Sudip Ranjan Basu – Kimberly Roseberry (bangkok, …

The Biden administration has taken steps to bring back dozens of former military members who had been deported. After fighting in Afghanistan, former United States Army soldier Mauricio Hernandez Mata returned home with post-traumatic stress, which he says eventually led to trouble with the law. He was then deported to …

Malami said the apex court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by the three northern states governments. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), has approached the Supreme Court seeking the dismissal of the suit filed by three northern state governments challenging the February 10, 2023, deadline …

A bus driver has been charged with homicide after he plowed a large bus into a day care center outside Montreal, killing two children on Wednesday morning, the police said. The police said that six other children were injured when the driver crashed into the day care center in Laval, …

Abuja, Nigeria CNN  —  Nigeria was forced Wednesday to delay plans to replace its banknotes with a redesigned currency after chaotic scenes at ATMs as millions of people struggled to get their hands on the new cash. The country’s old notes were supposed to cease to be legal tender starting February …

The presentation was witnessed by the NUT Chairman, Elder Jeol Akinola. Gov. Oyebanji said government would continue to prioritise workers’ welfare while in service and at their retirement. The governor said he clearly understood the pains and agony of people working for so many years and not beeing paid their …

Jakarta, Indonesia – When Netflix announced the exclusive production of seven Indonesian films and series in September 2022, few expected overnight success. But by the end of the year, the Big Four by Timo Tjahjanto, the first film in the series, had become one of the video-on-demand giant’s most-watched films …

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Rescue workers dug through rubble on Tuesday to find survivors of the most powerful and deadly earthquake to hit Turkey and Syria in decades, toiling in a vast and desperate search complicated by geography and geopolitics, freezing weather and the sheer scope of the disaster. Even as …

Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN  —  For many of the Syrian victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, this is just the latest in a decade-long series of tragedies. The magnitude 7.8 quake struck in the early hours, killing more than 5,000 people in the two …

Opinion by Ian Richards, Amy Shelver (geneva, switzerland) Tuesday, February 07, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb 07 (IPS) – New UNCTAD software does to digital government what IKEA did to furniture, allowing Bhutan’s government employees to create their own user-friendly services for citizens online. Tedious government procedures aren’t just …