Voices on the continent have questioned the equity of having to pay far more, relatively, to cool the earth than those who set it on fire in the first place. Arguably, one of the most important agreements of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), which closed in Baku on 24 November, was the New Collective […]
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Eurozone services rebounded in December, lifting overall activity despite a manufacturing slump and job cuts. Germany and France remain in contraction, weighed by political uncertainty. Inflationary pressures persist, keeping the ECB’s interest rate path uncertain. ADVERTISEMENT The eurozone’s private sector ended 2024 on a mixed note, with December’s data showing a surprising revival in the
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The new docuseries Aaron Rodgers: Enigma, dropping on Netflix Dec. 17, is unlikely to change one’s view on the polarizing future Hall of Fame quarterback, who’s now toiling away, at age 41, for the perpetually sadsack, 4-10 New York Jets. Behinds-the-scenes footage, capturing his grueling rehab from an Achilles injury that sidelined him last season,
L-R Prince Tonye Princewill (Executive Producer 77), Izu Ojukwu (Director & Producer), Mojisola Oladapo (Chief Marketing Officer, Filmhouse Group), Ramsey Nouah (Lead Actor 77), Kene Okwuosa (Group CEO, Filmhouse Group (Filmhouse Cinemas, FilmOne Entertainment & FilmOne Studios), and Ladun Awobokun, Chief Content Officer, FilmOne Limited and Adonijah Owiriwa (Executive Producer & Actor 77) The recent
Juicyway, a Nigerian cross-border payments startup that helps businesses get FX for international transactions, has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding. The company will use the funding to expand its marketing and business development teams, improve its technology, and scale its business in Nigeria, the US, the UK, and Canada. P1 Ventures led the round
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Philippine Mars, the last flying example of the world’s largest flying boat, aborted its second attempt to begin its journey from a remote British Columbia lake to a museum in Arizona on Sunday. Instead of landing in San Francisco Bay, the massive former Navy transport instead turned around over Port Townsend, Washington and put down
Booking.com is a leading review generation source in the majority of the world’s markets. Now, it is introducing significant updates to its review scoring system, and this change marks a watershed moment—particularly for hotels that haven’t been leveraging ReviewPro’s GRI. Aligning With the GRI Rationale For years, ReviewPro’s Global Review Index™ (GRI) has provided a
After two weeks of intense negotiations on how to tackle land degradation, desertification and drought, the largest and most inclusive United Nations land conference wrapped up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The nearly 200 countries convening at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) committed to prioritize
The gender employment gap costs the EU €370 billion a year. “If the EU truly wants to become more competitive, gender equality should play a crucial role,” the director of the European Institute for Gender Equality told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT The European labour market has seen little improvement in women’s participation and segregation over the past
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NEW DELHI — Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said in a statement. “His prolific
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