Tag: France
Gates Foundation commits $2.1B to advance gender equality
Bill and Melinda Gates’ namesake foundation announced Wednesday it will spend $2.1 billion to advance global gender equality. It comes as private donors, government...
Q&A: Ford Foundation’s leader straddles contrasting worlds
Darren Walker has experienced two sides of life — one of poverty, one of wealth.
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$40 billion pledged at Paris conference for gender equality
PARIS — World leaders, philanthropists and organizations have pledged at least $40 billion at an international conference in Paris to boost gender equality, as...
UN says it’s `imperative’ Mali holds elections next February
UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday extending the U.N. peacekeeping mission in crisis-wracked Mali and said it’s “imperative” the...
AP Sportlight
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1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first...
American Konrad de la Fuente joins Olympique Marseille
American forward Konrad de La Fuente has transferred to Olympique Marseille from Barcelona.
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Paris conference aims to fast-track road to gender equality
UNITED NATIONS — An international conference opening in Paris on Wednesday aims to fast-track the road to gender equality and mobilize millions of dollars...
French Black activist fined for defacing colonial statue
PARIS — A French court on Monday convicted and fined a Black rights activist for defacing a statue he sees as an insult to...
Germany’s Merkel defends idea of summit between EU and Putin
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday defended the idea of holding a European Union meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing that...
Russia denies its personnel in CAR involved in killings
MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Monday strongly rejected the claims that Russian military instructors in the Central African Republic have been involved in killing...