GENEVA, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has become the most recent donor of the UN-hosted Sanitation and Water for All global partnership (SWA), pledging $1.2 million to support water, sanitation, and hygiene projects through 2024. The Hilton Foundation joins other SWA donors, including governments and prominent foundations such as the […]
Continue ReadingGENÈVE, 12 décembre 2022/PRNewswire/ — La Fondation Conrad N. Hilton est le dernier donateur en date du partenariat mondial des Nations unies Assainissement et eau pour tous (SWA) ; elle s’est engagée à faire don de 1,2 million de dollars pour soutenir les projets d’accès à l’eau, à l’assainissement et à l’hygiène jusqu’en 2024. La […]
Continue ReadingThe Department of Energy planned an announcement Tuesday on a “major scientific breakthrough” at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of several sites worldwide where researchers have been trying to develop the possibility of harnessing energy from nuclear fusion. It’s a technology that has the potential to one day accelerate the planet’s shift away from […]
Continue ReadingThe United States Department of Energy on Tuesday is expected to announce that its scientists have been able to engineer a nuclear fusion reaction that produced more energy than it consumed, a landmark achievement in a decadeslong search for a way to generate clean and waste-free nuclear power. The pending announcement, first reported by the […]
Continue ReadingA Franco-U.S. satellite is due for launch this week on a mission to survey with unprecedented accuracy nearly all water on Earth’s surface for the first time and help scientists investigate its impact on Earth’s climate. For NASA and France’s space agency CNES, which have worked together in the field for 30 years, it’s a […]
Continue ReadingThe Commonwealth has announced the appointment of Botswana’s former President, Festus Mogae, to lead its observer group for Kenya’s upcoming general elections. The 20-person Group will be in Kenya for the August 9 polls at the invitation of the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and follows a visit by a Commonwealth pre-election assessment […]
Continue ReadingBasseterre, Dec. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prime Minister Terrance Drew of the island nation of St Kitts and Nevis was in Dubai recently for a state visit that not only aims to strengthen bilateral relations but also glean lessons from the United Arab Emirates that will pivot the island into a sought-after business and […]
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