External Affairs

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Temer Seeks to Privatise Brazil’s Deforestation Remote Sensing Programme

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 03/06/2017

In a surprise move, the environment ministry asked for...

Women carry jerry cans of water from shallow wells dug from the sand along the Shabelle River bed, which is dry due to drought in Somalia's Shabelle region

India Will Stick to Paris Climate Pact Despite US Decision to Pull Out

Nitin Sethi 02/06/2017

But dismisses calls for taking on US' burden of...

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What Trump’s Decision to Pull the US Out of the Paris Climate Deal Means

The Wire Staff 02/06/2017

Global leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to mitigating emissions...

Visitor shakes hands with an operational robot policeman at the opening of the 4th Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) in Dubai

Life-Sized Robots Join Dubai Police to Fight Crime

Reuters 01/06/2017

If it works, the Dubai police plans on making...

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Three Ideas on How the New WHO Chief Can Build Health Systems From the Bottom Up

Kabir Sheikh 01/06/2017

Tedros Ghebreyesus Adhanom has set universal health coverage as...

An internally displaced woman uses a water pump to fill her containers at the water point in Zam Zam IDP camp in Al Fasher, northern Darfur

The ‘Water-Employment-Migration’ Explosive Nexus

Baher Kamal 01/06/2017

A Global Water Partnership-led forum in December 2016 found...

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Donald Trump to Pull US out of Paris Climate Deal, Says Report

Reuters 31/05/2017

The decision will put the US in league with...