Jan 30, 2016
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United Nations, January 27 More than 500 global investors gathered today at the United Nations to begin mobilizing the trillions of dollars needed to catalyse the global clean energy transition. Speaking just days after scientists confirmed that 2015 was the hottest year on record, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged investors to help achieve a doubling in global clean energy investments by 2020. Ban said, “I call on the investor community to build on the strong momentum from Paris and seize the opportunities for clean energy growth. I challenge investors to double – at a minimum – their clean energy investments by [Read More]
Sep 10, 2015
News
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By Britta Schmitz NEW YORK, Sept. 9 – On Saturday Sept. 19, Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue will take on a German flair for a day, hosting the annual German-American Steuben Parade. The colourful parade, organized by the German-American Steuben Parade Committee of New York, starts at noon and is the main event of celebrating the German-American friendship, regularly attracting several thousand visitors. “The Parade brings together the entire German-American community,” the organizers state on their official website. “The Steuben Parade has grown into the largest event of its kind in the United States.” Hundreds of traditional German-American organizations from nine marching [Read More]
May 10, 2015
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Gyalwang Drukpa Need Help for the Victims of the Nepal Quake. Second Avenue, New York, USA, May 08 2015 – His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa Visiting South-South News for a Press Conference on the Earthquake in Nepal. On the Photo: Gyalwang Drukpa and Ambassador Francis Lorenzo, President of the South-South News Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Philippe Lazzarini, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. United Nations, New York, USA, May 08 2015 – Philippe Lazzarini, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, briefs journalists on the situation the country. On the Photo: Philippe Lazzarini and DPI Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire. US Ambassador Samantha Power Press Conference on Burundi United [Read More]
