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Refugee crisis: EU Fisheries Control Agency to help detect migrant boats

The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) which centralises and coordinates EU member states’ fisheries inspections, will be empowered to use the data provided by its ship reporting systems to detect vessels carrying migrants under updated rules...

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New Diagnostic Approach in Indonesia Helps Districts Deliver Better Public Services and Budget Allocation

A new diagnostic approach, the Rapid Assessment and Action Plan to Improve Service Delivery in Indonesia (RAAP-Id), supported by the World Bank, the European Union, and the governments of Canada and Switzerland, is being piloted in Indonesia to help...

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Ban spotlights need for human, economic development in Africa's Great Lakes region

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A father with his children in front of their home in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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To Save the U.S. Economy, Revive the Space Program!

It’s in the DNA of our country to explore, and we must never stop doing this; we must lead, we must learn, and we must discover.

—Astronaut Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly is absolutely right! It is in...

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