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Improvement in warming outlook as India and China move ahead - NGO

15 Novembre 2017

Bonn, Germany, November 15 (Infosplusgabon) - While USA climate policy has been rolled back under President Donald Trump, India and China have moved ahead, making significant progress in climate action over the past year, the Climate Action Tracker (CAT), an environmental NGO said on Wednesday.

AU-EU to hold high-level conference in Belgium

Écrit par Antoine Lawson

Brussels, Belgium, November 15 (Infosplusgabon) - African countries and the European Union will hold a high-level conference in Brussels on 22 November to discuss new measures to tackle Africa's challenges and different ways to intensify the partnership between the two continents.

Wednesday's forex rates for Mauritian Rupee

15 Novembre 2017

Port-Louis, Mauritius, November 15 (Infosplusgabon) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius.

'Industry giants fail to tackle child labour allegations in cobalt battery supply chains'

15 Novembre 2017

Kinshasa, DRC, November 15 (Infosplusgabon) - Major electronics and electric vehicle companies are still not doing enough to stop human rights abuses entering their cobalt supply chains, almost two years after an Amnesty International investigation exposed how batteries used in their products could be linked to child labour in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the human rights organization said on Wednesday.

Promote affordable, equitable access to diabetes medicines, information for women, UN urges

15 Novembre 2017

Geneva, Switzerland, November 15 (Infosplusgabon) - On World Diabetes Day on Tuesday, the United Nations health agency noted that women – especially those in low-income countries – are particularly vulnerable to diabetes, a condition that can be prevented or delayed with medication, regular screening and healthier lives.