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United Nations (AFP) Sept 21, 2009 - UNAIDS signed a partnership deal with several non-governmental organizations here Monday to work to eliminate HIV mother-to-child transmission in Africa.
Jun 26, 2026
Auckland (AFP) Sept 4, 2011 - Pacific leaders will highlight the threat that rising seas pose to low-lying nations at a regional forum in Auckland this week attended by the heads of the United Nations and the European Commission.
Jun 26, 2026
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 5, 2008 - Three million children in the Horn of Africa are at risk from death or disease as the effects of drought, conflict and rising food prices worsen, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday.
Jun 26, 2026
Abuja (AFP) Sept 15, 2021 - UNESCO on Wednesday added 20 new sites in 21 countries to its global network of biosphere reserves, the UN agency's designation for specially protected regions.
Jun 26, 2026
Geneva (AFP) Sept 8, 2009 - The head of the UN's trade and development think tank on Tuesday cautioned against a new financial bubble as massive liquidity was pumped into the economic system to counter the global crisis.
Jun 26, 2026
Ballyronan, United Kingdom (AFP) Sept 17, 2025 - For the third year running toxic blue-green algae blooms that look like pea soup and smell like rotten eggs have covered much of Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the UK and Ireland.
Jun 26, 2026
London (AFP) Sept 29, 2023 - British water provider Severn Trent said Friday that it planned to raise 1.0 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) to help cut leaks and the amount of sewage in rivers, which are causing government clampdowns on the sector.
Jun 26, 2026
London (AFP) Sept 26, 2023 - A UK regulator Tuesday ordered water companies in England and Wales to return a combined Pounds 114 million ($139 million) to customers for failing to meet performance targets, including over river pollution.
Jun 26, 2026
Taipei (AFP) Sept 27, 2021 - The Royal Navy said a British warship was sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, a move that challenges Beijing's claim to the sensitive waterway and marks a rare voyage by a non-US military vessel.
Jun 26, 2026
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 23, 2021 - A prominent rights campaigner said Thursday Britain had warned him and other Beijing critics to avoid travel to countries that have an extradition agreement with China because of Hong Kong's national security law.
Jun 26, 2026
Taipei (AFP) Sept 27, 2021 - Britain sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Monday for the first time since 2008, a move that challenges Beijing's claim to the sensitive waterway and marks a rare voyage by a non-US military vessel.
Jun 26, 2026
London (AFP) Sept 6, 2021 - Britain on Monday said it would do its utmost to rescue more than 300 Afghans who helped its armed forces but are now languishing under the new Taliban regime.
Jun 26, 2026
London (AFP) Sept 17, 2024 - Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Tuesday pledged to make action on the climate crisis central to British foreign policy.
Jun 26, 2026
London (AFP) Sept 4, 2024 - The UK government on Wednesday announced a crackdown on the pollution of rivers, seas and lakes in England, including prison time for water company bosses who obstruct regulators.
Jun 26, 2026
London (AFP) Sept 21, 2021 - Britain's defence ministry has apologised after it accidentally revealed the email addresses of more than 250 Afghan interpreters seeking to move to the UK.
Jun 26, 2026
London (AFP) Sept 20, 2021 - Businesses falsely claiming environmental credentials could face sanctions, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority regulator said on Monday, due to concerns over misleading green claims.
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