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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, first round of qualifying matches played on Wednesday.Group AComoros 1-1 GambiaGroup DLibya 1-1 RwandaGroup FSudan 1-0 NigerGroup HTanzania 0-0 Ethiopia-0- PANA MA 4Sept2024 [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global trend for shrinking pay packets in heavily industrialized economies could be driven – at least temporarily - by tech innovations in the workplace such as automation and AI, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday.“Global labour income share, which is the proportion [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has published global cholera statistics for 2023, showing an increase in cases and deaths.  The number of reported cholera cases increased by 13% and deaths by 71% in 2023 compared to 2022. Over 4,000 people died last year from a disease [...]

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Washington DC, United states (PANA) - Small states, those with a population of 1.5 million or less, face significant fiscal challenges arising from common vulnerabilities.Many of them are tropical islands, and highly exposed to costly natural disasters, particularly storms and other weather-related events that have become more frequent with climate [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia.Currency                   Buying                SellingUS Dollar                      [...]

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Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - A productivity slump is eroding living standards and imperilling financial and social stability “Productivity isn’t everything,” Paul Krugman wrote in his 1990 book, The Age of Diminished Expectations, “but in the long run it is almost everything.” Productivity is a foundation of prosperity. The only way [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Tandi Mahambehlala, on Wednesday led a South African delegation to the inaugural Africa Urban Forum at the Adwa Victory Memorial Museum in Ethiopia.The forum is a continental platform that seeks to promote sustainable development in human settlements on the [...]

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Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - Here are results from Day 2 matches in Groups A and B at the ongoing 2024 FIFA under-20 women's world results in ColombiaGroup A Colombia 2-0 CameroonMexico 2-0 AustraliaGroup B France 0-3 BrazilFiji 0-9 CanadaHere are the scheduled Day 2 matches in Groups C and D.Group C Spain v [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Wednesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency              Buying       SellingBurundi Franc     0.9244       0.9276Euro                     2,953.7401     2,983.8178British Pound      3,511.428      3,548.4334Japanese Yen      [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, first round of qualifying matches to be played on Wednesday.Group AComoros vs GambiaGroup DLibya vs RwandaGroup FSudan vs NigerGroup HTanzania vs Ethiopia-0- PANA MA 4Sept2024 [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The journey to the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, officially begins on Wednesday, 4 September, with the first round of qualifiers set to unfold across the African continent.As 48 nations compete for a spot in the 35th edition of Africa’s most prestigious football tournament, [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football Africaine de Football (CAF) have named Ora Developers Egypt, a leading real estate developer as the official sponsor of the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2024 which will feature Egyptian football giants Al Ahly SC and Zamalek SC.This followed the conclusion of [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Senior Coordinator for Atlantic Cooperation, Ambassador Jessye Lapenn, will travel to Côte d’Ivoire from 4-6 September, the US Department of State has announced.It said in a press release that in Abidjan, she will engage with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire on efforts under the [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for global cooperation in sharing the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that unequal access could exacerbate global inequalities.“AI capacities today are concentrated in a handful of powerful companies – and even fewer countries. Meanwhile, too many countries [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Ambassador Mike Hammer, will travel to Belgium, Kenya, and Ethiopia from 3 to 13 September 2024, a press release by the US State Department said on Tuesday.In Brussels, it said, Ambassador Hammer will consult with European Union [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Israeli forces continue to employ “lethal war-like tactics” in the West Bank, including airstrikes, with people being killed, injured and displaced, the UN Spokesperson said on Tuesday.Stéphane Dujarric informed journalists at the regular press briefing in New York that operations have resumed in Tulkarm and [...]

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