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China's Qu elected new head of UN food agency FAO
China's vice minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Qu Dongyu, was elected as new Director-General of the United Nations Food…
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China’s Qu elected new head of UN food agency FAO
China's vice minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Qu Dongyu, was elected as new Director-General of the United Nations Food…
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Dr Stuart Minchin appointed as Director-General of the Pacific Community
NOUMEA, 24 JUNE 2019 (SPC) — Australian Dr. Stuart Minchin has been appointed Director-General of the Pacific Community. The…
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Vanuatu to ban disposable nappies in plastics crackdown: ‘We had no choice’
Disposable nappies contain plastic and can take hundreds of years to degrade. Photograph: Vershinin/Getty Images/iStockphoto LONDON, 24 JUNE 2019…
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Vanuatu to ban disposable nappies in plastics crackdown: 'We had no choice'
Disposable nappies contain plastic and can take hundreds of years to degrade. Photograph: Vershinin/Getty Images/iStockphoto LONDON, 24 JUNE 2019…
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Nuclear waste, rising seas and Trump: Marshall Islands struggles to stay above water
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine speaks with Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters)…
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First-ever WHO global report on epilepsy highlights care gap in poorer countries
More than seven in 10 people with epilepsy in developing countries are not getting the low-cost care they need, and…
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Bougainville vote no ‘problem’ for Australia
BUKA, 21 JUNE 2019 (AAP)---Australia will work to ensure the integrity of the Bougainville referendum later this year, and won't…
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Bougainville vote no 'problem' for Australia
BUKA, 21 JUNE 2019 (AAP)---Australia will work to ensure the integrity of the Bougainville referendum later this year, and won't…
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‘Gentlemen’s agreement’ could leave 1.5C science report out of formal UN talks
After pressure from Saudi Arabia, a major report on 1.5C faces being dropped from formal negotiations in the science stream…
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