The executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said Sunday that economic prosperity on the continent depends on vaccines, lamenting that only 2.3% of Africa's population has been immunized
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UEFA announces Swissquote Bank as new sponsor until 2024
European soccer's governing body, UEFA, has signed a sponsorship deal with digital bank Swissquote, which becomes the official sponsor for the next three seasons of the Europa League and Conference League
Singapore has inaugurated one of the world's largest floating photovoltaic parks
One of the largest floating photovoltaic farms in the world was recently opened at Tengeh Reservoir in Singapore. The Sembcorp Tengeh Floating Solar Farm" consists of 122,000 solar panels occupying an area of 45 hectares.
"Flood risk grows worldwide," indicates new research
New research published by Cloud to Street, a partner of Willis Research Network, offers new insights and information on the growing risk of flooding around the world
France donates 10 million more vaccines to Africa
France will donate an additional 10 million Covid-19 vaccines to African Union (AU) countries as part of its commitment to share at least 60 million by the end of the year, it was announced Monday
Africa has tripled vaccines but the process is still too slow
Africa has tripled the number of covid-19 vaccines administered in the past week, although protecting up to 10% of the continent by the end of September remains "a very daunting task," the director of the regional World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday
Zanzibar announces construction of tallest skyscraper in sub-Saharan Africa
Construction will cost 1.1 billion euros. Zanzibar authorities have announced the construction of the tallest skyscraper in sub-Saharan Africa, at an estimated cost of 3000 billion Tanzanian shillings (1.1 billion euros), equivalent to more than 60% of the archipelago's annual budget
Divers discover a huge 400-year-old coral in Australia
A group of divers discovered a huge coral about 10.4 meters wide in a remote area of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral system, scientific sources reported Friday
WHO criticizes "shocking inequalities" in vaccine access in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) criticized on Tuesday the "shocking inequalities" in access to covid-19 vaccines by African countries compared to countries in other regions of the world
Lusophone countries receive almost 16.5 billion euros from the IMF
The countries where Portuguese is the official language will receive almost 16.5 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) new allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR), made official this Monday
Natural disasters cost insurers 40 billion in the first semester
Forest fires, freezing winters and hailstorms caused natural catastrophes that generated insured losses amounting to $40 billion in the first half of 2021, estimates a Swiss Re Institute report
19-year-old flies solo around the world to break world record
From Kortrijk-Wevelgem airport in Belgium, 19-year-old Zara Rutherford left on Wednesday for a three-month journey that could make her the youngest woman to fly solo around the world