Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter production methods, according to a new United Nations report released Wednesday.“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems,” senior UN Food and Agriculture Organization [...] Full text...

Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Global public debt is very high. It is expected to exceed $100 trillion, or about 93 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of this year and will approach 100 percent of GDP by 2030. This is 10 percentage points of GDP [...] Full text...

Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - More efficient or more volatile? The adoption of the latest iterations of artificial intelligence by financial markets can improve risk management and deepen liquidity; but it could also make markets opaque, harder to monitor, and more vulnerable to cyber-attacks and manipulation risks.The new Global [...] Full text...

N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Chad’s economic growth, after increasing to 4.9 percent in 2023, is expected to moderate this year, reflecting a slight decline in oil production and the impact of floods, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).An IMF team, led by Mr. Édouard Martin, Mission Chief for Chad, [...] Full text...

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                      [...] Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina, is participating in the 9th Africa Water Week and the 7th Cairo Water Week which is underway in Cairo, Egypt. The 9th edition of the Africa Water Week will be held alongside the event which is being [...] Full text...

Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Why do some nations experience mass economic flourishing while others do not? Why did several Western nations—first the United Kingdom, then the United States, France, and Germany—see a remarkable period of innovation, economic growth, and human progress beginning about 1890? And why did innovation [...] Full text...

Washington, DC. United States (PANA - A compendium of impact evaluations provides policymakers and practitioners with actionable information to enhance evidence-based decision-making in education. The importance of education in fostering economic and human capital development cannot be overstated. As recent research has shown, education accounts for 50 percent of global economic [...] Full text...

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         SellingEuro                     2,950.3656   2,980.4156British Pound      3,537.8421    3,573.7669Japanese Yen      18.148       18.3282Kenya Shilling     21.0488     21.0951Rwanda Franc     [...] Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief Volker Türk is calling on Tunisian authorities to protect the democratic process and “uphold fundamental freedoms after a presidential campaign marred by a crackdown on the opposition, independent activists and journalists”, his Spokesperson Liz Throssell has told journalists in Geneva.In the weeks leading [...] Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nearly six-and-a-half million people in southern Africa are starving because of an “historic drought” linked to last year’s El Niño, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.In an appeal for help, the World Food Programme, WFP, said that more than 27 million people’s lives from Lesotho to Zimbabwe [...] Full text...