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Business
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Economy
3/1/2023 1:27:44 PM
The World Bank announced on Wednesday a $9.13 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to expand the scope of the Greater Cairo Air Pollution Management and Climate Change Project.
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World
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Africa
2/27/2023 6:22:51 PM
Each of the three frontrunners in Nigeria’s hotly contested presidential election claimed Monday they are on the path to victory as preliminary results trickled in two days after Africa's most populous nation went to the polls.
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World
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Africa
2/25/2023 1:49:17 PM
Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday to elect a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is stepping down after eight years at the helm of Africa's largest economy.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/22/2023 5:24:48 PM
The price of releasing planet-heating carbon into the atmosphere rose above 100 euros (about $107) in the European Union for the first time this week, a signal that experts said Wednesday speaks for the bloc's efforts to make polluting costlier.
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World
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Africa
2/18/2023 5:32:01 PM
The frontrunners in Nigeria's presidential candidates hit the campaign trail on Saturday, in a major push to convince voters a week before the polls.
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World
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International
2/12/2023 10:23:24 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats suffered a heavy setback in a regional poll in Berlin on Sunday, falling behind the opposition conservatives in the capital for the first time in over two decades.
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World
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International
2/12/2023 1:55:00 PM
Polling stations opened on Sunday for regional elections in Italy's two most populous regions -- polls seen as a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's three-month-old government.
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Life & Style
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Health
2/12/2023 10:12:38 AM
Study published in JAMA Network Open finds long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution increases risk of late-onset depression among elderly.
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World
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Africa
2/1/2023 8:07:08 PM
Nigerians will soon determine who their next president will be in a general election. Polling is due at the end of February and inauguration is scheduled for 29 May 2023.
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World
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Africa
1/31/2023 5:52:12 PM
Take a walk or drive through the streets of most Nigerian cities, and you will see plastic waste everywhere. The country’s rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic.
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World
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Region
1/30/2023 4:56:59 PM
Turkey's opposition vowed on Monday to crimp the president's powers and broadly expand democratic rights if they seize power in May 14 presidential and parliamentary polls.
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World
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Region
1/29/2023 11:05:42 PM
Just 11.3 percent of Tunisians voted Sunday in a second-round poll for a toothless parliament, according to initial figures announced by the electoral board, as the politically divided nation grapples with economic woes.
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World
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Region
1/29/2023 12:35:08 PM
Polling began in the second round of elections for Tunisia's parliament on Sunday, but as the divided nation grapples with economic woes, all eyes will be on turnout.
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World
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International
1/25/2023 10:44:56 AM
An aide to former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on Wednesday for criticising election officials, police said, the latest case brought against the opposition as it tries to force early polls.
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Business
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Economy
1/17/2023 6:29:44 PM
A poll conducted in October and November 2022 and released on the eve of the 2023 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos bodes ill for global economy in 2023.
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World
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International
1/11/2023 3:08:47 PM
The world's oceans, which have absorbed most of the excess heat caused by humanity's carbon pollution, continued to see record-breaking temperatures last year, according to research published Wednesday.
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World
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Region
1/10/2023 10:18:30 PM
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags to take effect next year, the latest initiative aimed at reducing pollution in the oil-rich nation.
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Business
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Tech
12/20/2022 10:50:29 AM
Twitter users voted on Monday to oust owner Elon Musk as chief executive in a highly unscientific poll he organized and promised to honor, just weeks after he took charge of the social media giant.
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COP27
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Climate change
12/19/2022 2:27:45 PM
Alessandra Sensi, head of the environment, green and blue economy sector at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), spoke about the complex challenges facing the Mediterranean region from climate change, pollution and economic hardship.
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Business
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Tech
12/19/2022 10:17:51 AM
Elon Musk is asking Twitter’s users to decide if he should stay in charge of the social media platform after acknowledging he made a mistake Sunday in launching new speech restrictions that banned mentions of rival social media websites.
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