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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday welcomed US President Joe Biden's decision to rejoin the Paris climate accord, but called on him to adopt an "ambitious" plan to fight global warming. "I warmly welcome President Biden's steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and join the growing coalition of governments, cities, states, businesses and people taking ambitious action to confront the climate crisis," Guterres said in a statement. "We look forward to the leadership of United States in accelerating global efforts towards net zero, including by bringing forward a new nationally determined contribution with ambitious 2030 targets and climate finance in advance of COP26 in Glasgow later this year." Guterres emphasized that the climate crisis "continues to worsen and time is running out to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and build more climate-resilient societies that help to protect the most vulnerable." In a separate statement, Guterres … [Read more...] about UN chief calls on Biden to propose new ‘ambitious’ climate target

Retail sales grew at 9.4% year-on-year in December 2020, the highest growth rate since February 2020. Growth was driven by domestic demand, with the retail sales of goods 13.8% higher than that of the same period of 2019. On the other hand, with international travel restrictions, sales of accommodation and catering and traveling services in December 2020 fell 5.4% and 68.2%, respectively. … [Read more...] about Vietnam one of fastest growing economies amid pandemic: WB

Ironically, a policy that would jeopardize Africans' ability to realize those benefits is being recommended at the same time protesters across America are calling for equity in some of the same areas. Although police violence against people of color is at the center of the protests - a response to the horrific death of a black man, George Floyd, after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes - the protests also point to social and economic disparities between the races in America. … [Read more...] about African Energy Chamber: African Lives Matter, Too. Energy Policy Decisions Should Consider Their Needs

As e-commerce is a field which needs significant capital, Vietnamese businesses without a parent company with strong financial potential would not be able to develop and compete as they are only allowed to access capital from the narrow list of investors announced periodically by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, he said. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 20

Commenting on the win, Andy Waroma, Cloud Comrade's co-founder and co-managing director, said, "We are thrilled and honoured to win the Microsoft Singapore Rising Star Partner of the Year Award. It was a challenging year for many of our joint customers but together with Microsoft, we were able to overcome those challenges and help our customers to achieve their objectives. We are thankful to the Microsoft Singapore partner team who supported and encouraged us to achieve greater success in 2020. This accolade underscores Cloud Comrade's commitment to deliver innovative and customised best-in-class solutions to support customers' digital transformation efforts and help them stay ahead of their game." … [Read more...] about Cloud Comrade Recognised as Rising Star Partner of the Year at the 2020 Microsoft Singapore Partner of the Year Awards