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Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Ecuador won the opening match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament when they inflicted a 2-0 defeat on hosts Qatar at the Al Bayt stadium.   A brace by Enner Valencia settled the Group A duel as Ecuador easily overwhelmed the hosts. Valencia scored from the spot after 16 minues [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch Sunday requested that a protest memorandum be presented to the Greek authorities to clarify the behaviour of their Foreign Minister who refused to get off his plane during his visit to Libya last Thursday. She has, therefore, [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Minister of Economy and Planning, Samir Saïed, and the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, signed on Saturday a loan agreement for 200 million euros in Djerba, in the South-East of Tunisia. The two ministers signed the agreement on the sidelines of [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso the number of children deprived of families placed in reception centres and foster families stood at 4,884, an official source said on Sunday. This was announced here on Sunday by Nandy Somé/Diallo, Burkina Faso's Minister of Solidarity, Humanitarian Action, National Reconciliation, Gender and [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Libyan Minister of Social Affairs, Wafaa Aboubaker Al-Kilani, Sunday welcomed the celebration of the International Children's Day, which takes place on November 20 every year. The convention, which was passed 33 years ago, was signed by member states, including Libya, which has approved many laws that guarantee the [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) dreams of helping to increase marine protected areas to 30% through the Great Blue Wall initiative, said Nassim Oulmane of the UN agency's Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Division. Speaking to PANA on the sidelines of the 10th Conference [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan National Electricity Company (GECOL), Mohamed Al-Machai, discussed with the Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Libya, Debbie Hurst, a joint cooperation in Libya in the field of electric power generation. Al-Machai and Hurst discussed ways [...]

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Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reminded the world of what remain the priorities regarding climate action, including the ambition to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and keep alive the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree Celsius limit, and pull humanity “back from the climate cliff”.  “We need to [...]

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Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - After days of intense negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on an outcome that established a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters.  “This COP has [...]

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