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Indonesia invites ILO to bolster support to recover from COVID-19

Indonesian Manpower Ministry's Secretary General Anwar Sanusi at a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement ...

Opinion

Science has delivered, will the WTO deliver?

A proposal by India, South Africa and eight other countries calls on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to exempt ...

Indonesia to chair G20 in 2022, exchanging presidency term with India

Indonesia will chair G20 in 2022, exchanging its presidency term with India, initially scheduled to lead the bloc in ...

Indonesia calls on G20 to help poor countries recover from pandemic

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has called on G20 Leaders to support low and middle income countries struggling ...

G20 approve debt relief extension till mid-2021: Sri Mulyani

The Group of Twenty (G20), comprising 20 of the largest economies in the world, have agreed to extend their debt ...

News Focus

Global cooperation crucial in fight against COVID-19

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected 209 countries and territories across the world, with 1,529,968 ...

IMF projects negative global economic growth this year

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at a virtual meeting with G20 members, forecast that ...

Economic integration may cut world's learning poverty: Pangestu

Economy integration among the poor and lower-to-middle income countries may reduce the world's learning poverty ...

WB points to learning poverty afflicting one-third Indonesian children

Over one-third of the children in Indonesia experience learning poverty, or are incapable of reading and comprehending ...

Indian Ocean to be conflict of interest among big countries

Deputy of Maritime Sovereignty at Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs, Arief Havas Oegroseno, said the Indian ...

Cut funding for orphanages to stop sex abuse, says J.K. Rowling`s charity

Orphanages around the world often operate as centres for child trafficking and sexual abuse, and donors such as ...

EARTH WIRE -- Land and water resources altered by Syria war

Researchers have analyzed satellite data and determined that the civil war in Syria and subsequent refugee migration ...

EARTH WIRE -- Food tax could tackle climate change and save half a million lives: Study

Taxing food on the basis of planet-warming emissions generated to produce it could boost the fight against climate ...

Biotech Crops Show Continued Growth, Benefits in 2014, Global Plantings Increase by 6 Million Hectares

- In 2014, a record 181.5 million hectares of biotech crops were grown globally, an increase of more than six million ...

Bill and Melinda Gates Release 2015 Annual Letter: "Our Big Bet for the Future"

- Today, Bill and Melinda Gates share their 2015 Annual Letter. "Our Big Bet for the Future" addresses the ...