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Pompeo Holds Talks With Asia-Pacific Counterparts in Tokyo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is holding talks Tuesday in Tokyo with his counterparts from Japan, Australia and India that are aimed at strengthening a regional initiative to counter China’s growing assertiveness.

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Paving the Way for Sustainable and Inclusive Finance to Support a Resilient Recovery in Malaysia

New sustainable and inclusive finance solutions that Malaysia and other developing countries are tapping into to support a resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will be the focus of a week-long finance event jointly organized by Bank Negara Malaysia and The World Bank Group and starting on October 06, 2020.

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Nigeria and WFP pioneer use of rickshaws and boats to get food and cash to coronavirus-affected city hotspots

The Nigerian Government and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launched a cash and food assistance programme in the three urban COVID-19 hotspots of Abuja, Kano and Lagos. The Government has released 2,000 metric tons of food from its Strategic Grain Reserve (valued at US$1 million), while WFP is releasing US$3 million to provide cash assistance on October 06, 2020.

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Harness ‘transformative potential’ of urbanization for people and planet

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A view of the city of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.

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EU, Germany Discuss Future Relations with Britain

Germany’s foreign minister met with the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Monday to discuss the future relations of the 27-member group with Britain after a transition period ends on December 31, 2020.

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3 Arrested in Belgium, Suspected of Involvement in 1994 Rwanda Genocide

Belgium has arrested and charged three men suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

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Harnessing Digital Technologies Can Help Philippines Overcome Impact of Pandemic, Hasten Recovery

Rapid adoption of digital technologies can help the Philippines overcome the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, recover from the crisis, and achieve its vision of becoming a middle-class society free of poverty, according to the report released by the World Bank and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on October 05, 2020.

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UN chief reiterates call for global ceasefire, marking International Day of Non-Violence

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Doves released at the UN Headquarters, in New York.

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Honduran Migrants Opt to Return Home, Guatemala Says

Guatemalan authorities said Saturday they have disbanded a caravan of migrants heading north from Honduras, bound for the U.S. border, sending more than 3,000 back home over the past few days.

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Armenia to Work With OSCE on Nagorno-Karabakh Cease-Fire

Armenia responded positively on Friday to a call by France, Russia and the United States for a cease-fire between its forces and the Azerbaijani forces, which continue to clash over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in an ongoing conflict that is threatening to escalate into all-out war.