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EU and ACP finalise post-Cotonou treaty, after two-year delay

Negotiators from the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific community signed off on a broad 20-year partnership deal to succeed the Cotonou Agreement on...

George Lyon: Endless reports and inaction when farming needs a leader

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Johnson Warned by Tories Against Caving to EU Pressure As Post-Brexit Trade Deal ‘Teeters’ on Brink

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been warned by his own backbenchers against caving in to pressure from the EU on Brexit deal sticking...

First Person: COVID education is child’s play for Thai UN volunteer

An innovative initiative to provide child-friendly information about COVID-19 has been launched by a UN volunteer (UNV) in Thailand who recognized that children needed to know more about the dangers of the virus but also have fun learning at home during the lockdown. On International Volunteer Day marked annually on 5 December, UNICEF’s Rasa Pattikasemkul talks about motivation, family loss and keeping children safe.

UK, EU Brexit talks paused over ‘significant divergences’ (Ld)

After one week of intense trade negotiations in London, the chief Brexit negotiators from the UK and the European Union (EU) have agreed to...

Contribution of life in soil ‘remains largely underestimated’, says UN agriculture agency 

Even though soil organisms play a crucial role in boosting food production, enhancing nutritious diets, preserving human health, and combating climate change, the real contribution of these tiny life forms remains largely underestimated, the UN agriculture agency (FAO) said on Friday. 

Why universities — and the rest of us — need religion studies

(RNS) — This week, the University of Vermont announced that it is eliminating two dozen academic programs, including its entire religion department. This comes...

Edited Transcript of DCI.N earnings conference call or presentation 3-Dec-20 3:00pm GMT

Q1 2021 Donaldson Company Inc Earnings Call MINNEAPOLIS Dec 3, 2020 (Thomson StreetEvents) -- Edited Transcript of Donaldson Company Inc earnings conference call or...

Piel: Can Christmas be celebrated without Jesus? | RELIGION COMMENTARY

His challenge then and now is real. Maybe too real for us to accept the challenge and live it! Adam Hamilton writing in his book “Incarnation: Rediscovering The Significance of Christmas” writes “He (Jesus) traveled town to town giving various stump …

Column: Naperville family’s Hanukkah light display as much about religion as celebrating diversity

Liz Levitt, seen here with her husband, Eric, and their two sons, Max and Seth, says she thinks the Hanukkah display they put up in front of their Naperville home every December for the Jewish Festival of Lights celebration is more important this year than …

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