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Greif, Inc.’s (GEF) CEO Peter Watson on Q3 2020 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
… our Central and Western European steel drum volumes declined … slide. They are funding organic CapEx, delevering our balance … were very strong, but Central Europe and Western Europe, which is the predominantly … the retail sector and restaurant sector in the U. …
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Committee to review global treaty on response to health emergencies
The Review Committee will advise whether any amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) are necessary to ensure it is as effective as possible, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists. He said the COVID-19 pandemic has been “an acid test” for many countries, organizations and the treaty. “Even before the pandemic, I have…
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Criminal network dismantled in Lithuania, the UK and Ireland
The Hague, 27 August 2020 – Judicial authorities and police in Lithuania, United Kingdom and Ireland, with support from Eurojust and Europol, have dismantled a criminal network responsible for drug trafficking, money laundering and trafficking in human beings. At least 65 people were exploited as street dealers. Yesterday in Lithuania, Ireland and the UK, 18…
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Pope Francis pays a visit to St Monica on her feast day – Vatican News
On the liturgical memorial of St Monica, Pope Francis visits her relics in the Basilica of St. Augustine in Campo Marzio, Rome.
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Human rights are the ‘means by which governments can successfully beat pandemics’, says UNAIDS chief
UNAIDS – Interruptions of HIV services, harassment, abuse, arrests, deaths and a failure to respect human rights in the early responses to the pandemic have underscored how trust has been undermined, individuals harmed, and public health responses set back, according to a new UNAIDS report launched on Thursday. “It is a myth that there can…
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Paul Pogba out of France squad after testing positive for COVID-19
Paul Pogba out of France squad after testing positive for COVID-19
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Romania: trust, dialogue and cooperation at community level to combat COVID-19
Sadova was among the first places in Romania to see people return from COVID-19 stricken Italy in February 2020.
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Togo overcomes ‘sleeping sickness’ as a public health problem
The West African nation of Togo has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the first in the continent to achieve the milestone, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
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Worshipers went online, but will they stay there?
When the novel coronavirus pandemic implanted itself into humanity there was a rush to online worship, evoking all sorts of predictions about how people would change the way they go pray. A new piece of research by Pew on Aug. 17 showed that one-third of U.S. adults have watched religious services online or on television…
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COVID-19: UN urges ramping up social protection
The socio-economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted UN agencies on Wednesday to call on countries to increase social protection programmes to protect those most at risk.