China's massive coal industry isn't worried about the nation's plan to drastically cut carbon emissions by 2060.It will likely be business as usual for years to come for coal companies even after President Xi Jinping's surprise announcement that China wants to be carbon neutral by 2060, according to industry officials who declined to be named. With China adding new mines and power plants through 2025, the fuel w

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GENEVA, Switzerland - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday released data for global air freight markets in August showing that improvement remains slow amid insufficient capacity.Demand moved slightly in a positive direction month-on-month, however, levels remain depressed compared to 2019. Improvement continues at a slower pace than some of the traditional leading indicators would sugge

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SINGAPORE - These days, the desolate streets and shuttered businesses in popular tourist areas in Singapore like Little India and Chinatown are telling. Top tourist attractions like Sentosa, Universal Studios and the Singapore Zoological Gardens are seeing a fraction of the visitors they used to have.Even Singapore's tourism icon, the majestic Merlion at the mouth of the Singapore River, sits quietly. Still spou

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Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the actual number of deaths due to COVID-19 is "certainly higher" than 1 million.
Speaking at a high-level UNGA event, Tedros said, "One million people are confirmed to have lost their lives to this new virus. The real number is certainly higher. Thousands more are fighting for th

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Global stock markets were mostly weaker Wednesday following a chaotic US presidential debate in which Donald Trump again suggested the election could be fraudulent while hopes for a second coronavirus stimulus package out of Washington helped lift the dollar.In Europe, London also sank as investors digested official data confirming that Britain's virus-hit economy collapsed by almost a fifth in the second quarte

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The 40th anniversary of the London Marathon takes place on Sunday, October 4 2020. Athletes will run on a closed-loop circuit around St James's Park before finishing on The Mall. This year's lineup includes current champions Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei. These athletes can run for more than two hours at speeds an average person could maintain for only a matter of seconds. So what makes them so fast?Years of 

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BAGUIO CITY, Sept. 30 (PIA) - - The City of Pines is all set to receive local tourists from Region 1 this Friday(October 2) under the Baguio - Pangasinan - La Union Ilocos Sur - Ilocos Norte Travel Corridor arranged in partnership with the Department of Tourism(DOT).City Tourism Officer Aloysius Mapalo, in a Kapihan media forum here, affirmed the readiness of Baguio to receive local tourists from the Ilocos Regi

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Gurugram (Haryana) [India] September 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): Chqbook, India's first Neobank for small business owners like kiranas, merchants, chemists, and others running proprietorships, announced the launch of its new mobile platform. With this launch, Chqbook brings world-class financial services to a massive underserved segment.
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): The INDSOM Chamber of Commerce is non-government, not-for-profit organisation, it has been set up by pioneering businessmen from India and Somalia who saw the need to provide a dynamic institutional link for the promotion of commercial goodwill, and economic relation between IndiaSomalia, and further acts as a catalyst for export import activities (close to Billi

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Seven months ago, Lebanese mother-to-be Rana Mneimneh was ecstatic she was pregnant, but after a massive explosion at Beirut's port, she lives in constant fear for her baby girl."Before the blast I was excitedly preparing for the birth of my first child, but since, I've stopped completely," the shy 25-year-old said inside a Beirut clinic providing free consultations for pregnant women.Lebanon had already 

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An emotional Rashid Khan dedicated his man-of-the-match performance to his mother, who died earlier this year, after he bowled Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first win of the Indian Premier League (IPL).The Afghan leg-spinner took 3-14 from his four overs to restrict Delhi Capitals to 147 for seven in their chase of 163, handing Hyderabad a win by 15 runs in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.<

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In July, we wrote and recommended that South Africa needed a Covid-19 wastewater and water quality surveillance programme. This was on the response by WRC and SALGA partnership May launch of the Water Quality (wastewater and non-sewer) National surveillance programme aimed to complement national initiatives in dealing with the pandemic.The objective of this programme was to pilot and facilitate the implementatio

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An employee works at a silk reeling factory in Lingyun County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)It is the seventh month in a row that the PMI figure has remained above 50, which indicates expansion.BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector came in at 51.5 in September, up from 51 i

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Washington [US], September 30. (ANI) Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized US President Donald Trump for failing to confront Russia over several issues including Moscow offering the Taliban bounties to kill US troops and termed Trump as a "puppy" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Funeral workers wearing face masks and protective suits carry the coffin of a suspected COVID-19 victim at Pondok Ranggon cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)- Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 1 mln: WHO- 10 pct of Peru's COVID-19 fatalities linked to heart disease- U.S. employment won't recover to pre-pandemic l

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The national state of disaster declared by the South African government on 15 March 2020 was a direct response to COVID-19. But that response inadvertently intensified three other existing disasters: poverty, unemployment and inequality. More South Africans are poor and unemployed now than <a href="https://theconversation.com/who-

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South Africa's parliament has opened discussions about how to redesign the country's lumbering military to make it fit-for-purpose for the 21st Century. To kick-start the process, a parliamentary committee charged with oversight over the military hosted a mini-symposium addressed by military leaders and experts, academics, political parties as well 

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The future of biodiversity hangs in the balance. World leaders are gathering to review international targets and make new pledges for action to stem wildlife declines. Depending on whether you are a glass half-full or half-empty person, you're likely to have different views on their progress so fa

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Nigeria has suspended a controversial electricity tariff hike that has stoked tensions in the country as part of a deal to ward off a general strike by unions.The state-run Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission said late on Tuesday it was putting off the price increases for two weeks after forging a truce with labour."This order shall take effect from 28th September 2020 and shall cease to have effec

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European markets are posting losses Wednesday after the chaotic U.S. presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden the night before.London's FTSE index is down 0.1% at the midday point, while both Paris's CAC-40 index and the DAX index in Frankfurt are both 0.4% lower.The trading day in Asia ended hours earlier with mixed results. The Nikkei index in Tokyo lost 1.5

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New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The central public sector enterprises (PSEs) have got back to 90 per cent of their production capacity, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday, while releasing a compendium on the contribution of the PSEs amidst COVID-19.
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): If, even a single surface is compromised, a virus can infect majority of a workplace in a matter of few hours.
As communities around the globe work to mitigate COVID-19 contamination hazards, India's leading and trusted Indoor working Environment protection company, EPSCO India, is committed in providing full range of environmental services with a deep focus on Pu

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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 30 (ANI): In a remarkable feat in the indigenous weapon production programme, the 300th Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-Dhruv) rolled out from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) hangar in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
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