OECD-backed group calls for global pact to solve water crisis
Singapore Reuters Countries need a new international pact to fix a mounting water crisis that could cut economic growth by at least eight per cent and put half the world’s food supplies at risk by 2050, an OECD-backed commission said on Thursday. Climate change, destructive land use and chronic mismanagement has put the global water […]
Pope marvels at Singapore’s skyscrapers and asks that the lowest migrant workers not be forgotten
Updated: 7am, 13th September, 2024 (AEST) Singapore AP Pope Francis on Thursday praised Singapore’s economic strength as a testament to human ingenuity but urged the city-state to look after the weakest, too, especially foreign workers, as he opened the final leg of his tour through some of Asia’s poorest countries in one of the world’s […]
Pope Francis lands in Singapore; interfaith dialogue, climate on agenda
Singapore Reuters Pope Francis arrived in Singapore on Wednesday afternoon from East Timor, where he is expected to focus on interfaith dialogue and reinforce the Catholic Church’s presence in a region where it is a small minority. The pope is on the final leg of an ambitious 12-day journey across South-East Asia and Oceania, the […]
Find $US75 billion to head off next pandemic, top panel tells G20
Venice, Italy Reuters COVID-19 is probably only a forerunner of increasingly dangerous pandemics in the future and governments need to find $US75 billion over the next five years to prepare for them, a panel of experts told finance ministers of the Group of 20 rich countries on Friday. In a report to the G20 meeting […]