Tag: global-goals
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How have the U.N.’s global goals fared one year on?
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – World leaders one year ago agreed on an ambitious set of global goals designed to tackle the world’s most troubling problems such as extreme poverty and inequality by 2030 at the United Nations. Described as a blueprint for the future, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
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How have the U.N.’s global goals fared one year on?
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – World leaders one year ago agreed on an ambitious set of global goals designed to tackle the world’s most troubling problems such as extreme poverty and inequality by 2030 at the United Nations. Described as a blueprint for the future, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
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Tribal leaders meet with feds in push against opioid abuse
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico — an area of the country devastated by heroin and opioid addiction — met with the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday over ways to combat opioid abuse amid high overdose deaths among Native Americans.
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Egyptian court hands nine policemen jail terms for assaulting doctors
An Egyptian court sentenced nine policemen to three years in prison on Tuesday for physically and verbally assaulting two doctors at a Cairo hospital in January, an incident that prompted strikes and a protest demanding justice. The policemen are not in jail. Momin Abdelazim, one of the two doctors allegedly involved, told Reuters at the…
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Allergan to buy Tobira in push for fatty liver disease drugs
Just hours later on Tuesday, Allergan announced it would also pay $50 million upfront and make future milestone payments for Akarna Therapeutics Ltd, a privately held company that is planning early-stage studies of a treatment for NASH. There are no approved treatments for the disease affecting more than 15 million Americans, which involves accumulation of…