The European Commission issued a €17 billion inaugural social bond under the EU SURE instrument to help protect jobs and keep people in work. The issuing consisted of two bonds, with €10 billion due for repayment in October 2030 and €7 billion due for repayment in 2040. There was very strong investor interest in this
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New insights, data and research spanning 20,000 travelers across 28 countries and territories combine to uncover the trends that will shape the way we experience travel in the year ahead, and beyond
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Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa today urged Southeast Asian countries to expand investments in digital infrastructure and ensure equitable access to technology as economies recover from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “We must close the digital divide and expand existing investments in digital infrastructure by building more and higher quality mobile broadband infrastructure
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So, as the clock ticked past midnight on Friday 16th October a small but noteworthy milestone happened. After 23 years and 354 days the Chernobyl Shelter Fund received Assembly non-objection for closure. I felt that, as the last ring binder file is archived and the dosimeters recalibrated, I could not pass up the opportunity to share some final
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is on his way to Pennsylvania, one of many states where this Administration's blue-collar, middle-class agenda is making a difference.
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Highlighting that India has long had a strong civil society at the forefront of “groundbreaking human rights advocacy within the country and globally", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, raised concerns on Tuesday that “vaguely defined laws are increasingly being used to stifle these voices”.
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Given the complex and multifaceted challenges in the Persian Gulf region, the UN chief told the Security Council on Tuesday that it is important to reflect more deeply on how everyone, particularly the Council itself, can “work in unison to promote peace and security”.
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The world must act now to reverse the situation in Africa’s central Sahel region, where humanitarian needs are at “a breaking point”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a high-level conference on Tuesday to address the burgeoning crisis.
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