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| + | * Finnish racing driver Valtteri Bottas won the Formula One Australian Grand Prix for Mercedes at Albert Park. <small>([[Finland#March_17|more]])</small> [[File:Finland.gif]] | ||
| + | * Researchers from Brazil and the USA have developed a molecule that halts the progression of heart failure and improves the heart's capacity to pump blood. <small>([[Brazil#January_18|more]])</small> [[File:Brazil.gif]] [[File:United_States.gif]] | ||
| + | * Australian researchers have discovered five 125 million-year-old fossilised jaws from a previously unknown dinosaur. <small>([[Australia#March_11|more]])</small> [[File:Australia.gif]] | ||
| + | * Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft successfully blasted off to the International Space Station carrying a Russian-American crew of three. <small>([[Russia#March_14|more]])</small> [[File:Russia.gif]] | ||
| + | * China launched a new communication satellite ChinaSat 6C to provide high-quality radio and TV transmission services. <small>([[China#March_10|more]])</small> [[File:China.gif]] | ||
| + | * Niger launched a campaign to vaccinate six million children against meningitis, which killed nearly 200 people two years ago. <small>([[Niger#March_5|more]])</small> [[File:Niger.gif]] | ||
* Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta announced to deliver free health care for children under 5, pregnant women, and elders. <small>([[Mali#February_25|more]])</small> [[File:Mali.gif]] | * Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta announced to deliver free health care for children under 5, pregnant women, and elders. <small>([[Mali#February_25|more]])</small> [[File:Mali.gif]] | ||
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| − | <big>''' | + | <big>'''Japan offers JPY 26 million to strengthen negotiating capacity of poorest members'''</big> |
| − | <br /> | + | <br />The government of Japan is contributing JPY 26 million (approximately CHF 231,000) to the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) in 2019 to help developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs) improve their participation in global trade negotiations. |
| + | The DDAGTF finances around 280 activities per year, mostly tailor-made training delivered at the regional and national level. The activities cover all trade-related areas, including trade facilitation, agriculture and services. | ||
| − | + | The donation from Japan will finance training workshops for officials in Geneva and in the regions to help them better understand and implement WTO agreements and to enhance their negotiating skills. Over 2,600 workshops have been organized since the fund was created in 2001. <small>([https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres19_e/pr836_e.htm More])</small> | |
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