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Democrats Weigh in on Recent Events in Iran

The killing by the United States of Iran's most powerful general has increased tensions between the two countries and raised concerns of all-out war. It was a key topic in Tuesday’s Democratic debate in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Rival Libyan Leaders to Hold Peace Talks

The leaders of Libya's rival governments are due to meet Monday in Moscow for peace talks.

Russia's foreign ministry said both Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), and Khalifa Haftar, who commands the Libyan National Army (LNA), would take part in the meeting.

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USDA Invests $48 Million in Broadband for Rural Virginia Communities

On January 9,2020, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Bette Brand announced USDA has invested $48 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure for more than 22,600 rural households in Virginia. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.

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Major Boost for Disaster Risk Management in Vanuatu

US$10 million World Bank support to help Vanuatu improve resilience, and respond in the event of a major emergency

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a contingent US$10 million in support to Vanuatu that will strengthen the island nation’s resilience to disasters, support climate adaption, and help manage its debt.

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Taxpayers Federation slams $12,000 federal bureaucrat red-carpet gala

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation on January 08,2020 called on the Trudeau government to put an end to an annual red carpet gala for federal bureaucrats that in 2019 cost taxpayers over $12,000.

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Hong Kong: Peaceful protesters targeted as police start 2020 with renewed attack on dissent

Responding to the arrest of 287 people, including three human rights monitors, after police cracked down on a New Year’s Day protest in Hong Kong, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong Man-Kei Tam said:

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$15 million meth, guns and illicit cash seized as alleged syndicate dealing drugs in Perth dismantled

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UNICEF's New Year appeal for Syria: Cease fighting in the northwest and end the nine-year war

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

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On 16 November 2019 in Idlib governate, Syrian Arab Republic, a child peeks out of a temporary shelter in an informal settlement in Killi, near the border with Turkey.

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Secretary-General calls for global participation in UN75 dialogues for better future for all

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Youth from the Senegalese group Afriyan take a stand for teenage empowerment, following their meeting with UNFPA Regional Director, Mabingué Ngom Mabingué Ngom.

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Germany: Investment Plan for Europe - EIB provides EUR 185m for modernising regional rail in Greater Berlin

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing EUR 185m for modernising regional rail in Greater Berlin. DAL Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing is set to lease new, EIB-financed rolling stock to Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (ODEG), which in January 2019 won Lots 1 and 4 of the Europe-wide tender launched by Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) for the modernisation of the “Elbe-Spree” network. The EU bank loan is guaranteed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the central pillar of the Investment Plan for Europe. The EIB and the European Commission work together as strategic partners on this initiative, with the EU bank using its financing to help make the European economy more competitive.