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IMF report concludes 2018 loan ‘did not deliver on its objectives’

23-12-2021 14:09 IMF concludes record US$57-billion 2018 credit-line for Argentina, the largest in the multilateral lender’s history, “did not deliver on its objectives.”

China's Uyghur population control was 'genocide,' concludes report

10-12-2021 12:49 China committed genocide in the Xinjiang region by preventing births in the Uyghur population, an unofficial tribunal probing alleged human rights abuses has concluded.

IMF chief risks weakened authority after China-linked probe

17-09-2021 15:03 Kristalina Georgieva risks seeing her authority as head of the International Monetary Fund undermined, after being accused of influencing a report in China’s favour when she worked at the World Bank.

What does the new IPCC report mean for Latin America?

13-08-2021 22:49 Regional temperatures will continue to increase at rates greater than global average and extreme weather events will further accelerate, new climate change report warns

by Fermin Koop

Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than feared, says draft UN report

23-06-2021 14:24 Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a draft UN assessment that lays bare the dire human health consequences of a warming planet.

Digital jobs precarious and unstable, Cepal and ILO warn in report

19-06-2021 09:34 In Argentina between four and five out of every six delivery platform workers are immigrants, says new study.

WHO chief urges lab leak probe as leaders eye pandemic treaty

30-03-2021 13:56 The United States and 13 allies on Tuesday jointly voied concern over a World Health Organization-backed report on the origins of Covid-19 and urged China to provide "full access" to experts.

World Bank: Women on average have just 76% of men’s legal rights worldwide

24-02-2021 09:00 World Bank warns coronavirus pandemic is reinforcing gender inequality in many countries, with women on average having roughly three-quarters of the legal rights of men.

Buenos Aires City reports less than 1,000 infections for ninth straight day

28-09-2020 17:11 Buenos Aires City reported 659 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday morning, the ninth day in a row that the federal capital has reported less than 1,000 infections, according to City Health Minister Fernán Quiros.

World isn't meeting any biodiversity goals, UN report finds

15-09-2020 15:29 Countries are set to miss all of the targets they set themselves a decade ago to preserve nature and save Earth's vital biodiversity, the United Nations said Tuesday.