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Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park ask for €25m in state support for conservation efforts
Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park have requested €25m in state funding to support their species conservation efforts. The request was made to the Office of Public Works (OPW) by the Zoological Society ...
What Congo’s President Thinks of Rwanda: A ‘Mania to Be the Apex Predator’
As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...
As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?
China could reap the soft-power advantage, but like Western governments, the country is cutting back on aid. Philanthropies ...
Alabama congressman backs bill to withdraw U.S. from ‘useless’ United Nations
Legislation from several congressional Republicans, including Rep. Mike Rogers, R-AL, would withdraw U.S. funding and participation from the United Nations. The Disengaging Entirely From the United ...
Trump’s climate-change moves, other foreign policy shifts pose challenge for Caribbean
Invasive brown algae is destroying their sandy coastlines, emanating toxic gasses that are killing corals and turning hotel guests away, while increasingly deadly tropical storms and uncharacteristic ...
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UN remains alternative-free international organization, says senior Russian lawmaker
MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. The United States‘ withdrawal from the United Nations would mean the country’s departure from a non-alternative international organization, Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the ...
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Chances of passing bill on US withdrawal from UN slim — senator
"In the entire history of the United Nations, there has been no precedent for unilateral withdrawal of states, except for the conflict between the United Nations and Indonesia in 1965 and the threat ...
Arab leaders gather to discuss postwar Gaza proposal to counter Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan
Arab leaders met in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Friday for the first time to formulate a response to President Donald ...
Arab states scramble to counter Trump's Gaza 'Riviera' plan
But Arab states have yet to tackle critical issues like who will foot the bill for Gaza's reconstruction or how the Strip ...
Guterres to propose UN assumes funding for mission struggling to fight gangs in Haiti
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says he will request that the United Nations assumes funding for the structural and ...
‘No sane country would stand for this’: Lawmakers launch effort to withdraw US from UN
The legislation would terminate U.S. membership in the United Nations and its affiliated bodies, and funding to those groups.