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China must consider environment effect, economic fragility for BRI project
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 20 (ANI): Highlighting environmental concerns, a new study in China argues that the majority of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investment should go to countries in southern and southeast Asia due to fewer risks that threaten economic development.
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Inflation impact on sovereigns depends on real interest rates: Fitch
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 17 (ANI): Global inflation trends and associated risks around interest rates and exchange rates may have direct sovereign credit implications, Fitch Ratings has said adding that a critical question for government debt sustainability is how inflation will affect debt/GDP ratio
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Lack of essential life-saving services heighten incidence of sexual offenc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Lack of access to essential life-saving services such as counseling or legal advice or medical assistance has led to increased risks of sexual violence.
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Biden says US, Russia to enter 'strategic stability' dialogue
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): US and Russia have agreed to engage in a bilateral dialogue on "strategic stability" aimed at reducing the risks of unintentional conflict and restraining nuclear weapons.
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Fitch affirms Sri Lanka at CCC amid debt service challenges
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 16 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sri Lanka's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at CCC.
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Risk of Al-Qaeda revival rising as US, NATO troops withdraw from Afghanist
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): A United Nations report released last week said that the risks of an Al-Qaeda revival are rising as the US and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) wind down their military presence in Afghanistan.
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Recent vaccination rise may ease pandemic risks in Asia: Fitch
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 9 (ANI): The recent acceleration of vaccinations in parts of Asia can reduce risk of setbacks to economic recoveries and public finances associated with further waves of Covid-19 pandemic provided that it is sustained, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.
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IATA urges govts to make data-driven decisions while reopening borders for
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to make data-driven decisions to manage the risks of Covid-19 when reopening borders to international travel.
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126 Nobel Laureates press for strong action, say humanity taking colossal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Ahead of the G7 summit in the UK, a scientific statement signed by an unprecedented 126 Nobel Laureates was delivered to the summit leaders. The statement read, "Without transformational action this decade, humanity is taking colossal risks with our common f
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India's economy to grow at 9.3 pc in FY22, risks persist: Moody's
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore, June 1 (ANI): India's economy will rebound in the current financial year to mark a growth of 9.3 per cent but the second Covid-19 wave has increased risks to the country's outlook with potential longer-term credit implications, Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday.
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Hongkongers determined to hold Tiananmen crackdown vigil despite police ba
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 1 (ANI): For the second straight year, Hong Kong police have cited public health risks from the COVID-19 pandemic to ban the annual Tiananmen vigil held on June 4. Despite this, many people are determined to hold it one way or the other.
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Ethical Artificial Intelligence needs a global and inclusive regulatory fr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI/OP Jindal University): The consensus in the recently concluded two-day Dialogue on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was that plural philosophical perspectives and a global and inclusive regulatory framework could balance the risks and benefits to humanity
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