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Government pledges to ramp up climate action following new report
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Tinubu Pledges To Prioritize Health, Safety Of Nigerians
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi Latest News, News Across Nigeria Tuesday, June 20th, 2023 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has pledged to give priority attention to the health and safety of Nigerians, noting that for any country to develop, the health of its people, particularly the workforce, is critical. The President spoke when he received
Nearly 25,000 pledges of accomodation made by Irish people for Ukrainian refugees
A TOTAL OF 24,306 pledges for accomodation of Ukrainian refugees have been made by Irish people so far, the latest stats have confirmed. Numbers released by the Irish Red Cross said 5,714 of these are vacant homes and 18,322 are shared accomodation. The IRC hopes to start the rollout of the accomodation next week, starting…
Exxon pledges to cut emissions — but not from its oil
On Tuesday, oil giant Exxon Mobil announced that it aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. More specifically, it has the “ambition” to reach net-zero emission from its operations within the next 28 years. “We’ve got a line of sight,” Exxon’s chief executive, Darren Woods, said in an interview with the New York…
Tory conference: PM pledges to improve economy after Covid
Image source, EPAImage caption, The prime minister arrived in Manchester on Saturday for the Tories' four-day conferenceBoris Johnson has pledged the Conservatives will "change and improve" the economy after Covid, as the party opens its annual conference later.The PM said the country cannot "go back to how things were" before the pandemic.It comes after he…
AWS pledges focus on underserved communities with new $40M initiative
On Monday, Amazon Web Services announced the launch of a new initiative to help organizations worldwide build IT-powered social and healthcare programs to help patients in underserved communities. WHY IT MATTERS AWS is pledging $40 million over three years for the effort, which will offer company credits and technical expertise to help organizations around the…
In response to calls for stronger action on hosts that aren’t casual users, Airbnb said it would start sharing some data with governments and getting hosts to agree to a policy of listing only their permanent homes. Here’s what Brian Chesky said in a post today: Today, we’re taking the next step to turn these principles into…