In September, the UN adopted the Pact for the Future at the Summit of the Future in New York. The pact responded to two key concerns of the Global South countries: the implementation of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the demand for better representation in global govern...
This week, IEN reposts the Hechinger Report‘s week-by-week list of actions aimed at reshaping education in the US, including the latest declaration from the just-confirmed Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, that the Department of Education’ was preparing for its “final mission”,“a‘dis...
The UK exceeds the NATO target of spending 2% of GDP on defence, and is aiming to spend 2.5% (although the new government has not yet set out a clear timeline to achieve that) so is unlikely to face the ire of a potential President Trump in that respect. But th...
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Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks at the DealBook Summit in New York, on Dec. 4, 2024.Seth Wenig/AP The Fed is expected to continue cutting interest rates next year, though a recent bout of stubborn inflation could slow, or...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) causes high levels of global mortality. There is a global need to develop new antimicrobials to replace those whose efficacy is being eroded, but limited incentive for companies to engage in R&D, and a limited pipeline
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks at the DealBook Summit in New York, on Dec. 4, 2024.Seth Wenig/AP The Fed is expected to continue cutting interest rates next year, though a recent bout of stubborn inflation could slow, or even pause, the lowering of ra...
building a technology so powerful that it will solve all the world’s problems, you probably also believe there’s a non-zero chance it will all go very wrong. When asked at the World Government Summit in February what keeps him up at night, Altman replied: “It’s all the sci-fi ...
Rat mitigation in other cities So every New Yorker deals with rats one way or another. What about other cities? The province of Alberta, Canada, which is home to 4 million people, is nearly rat free. Its rat control team told CBS News New York Investigates the key was keeping rats out...
The summit is a key moment for these leaders to promote the right decisions, for the future of their cities and the planet, kicking off two years of globally important climate negotiations in Lima and Paris, the formation of a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ...