AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Chinas premier Li Keqiang begins first Africa trip
CLEAN : Chinas premier Li Keqiang begins first Africa trip
Bridgeman Arts
Journey For Survival part eight - building of latrines in East Asia, c.1981
Clip from 'Journey For Survival' 1981 documentary about drought and famine in developing countries. Men build latrines in East Asia.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Oxfam brands G7 summit pledges on virus, climate a 'historic failure'
Global development charity Oxfam say that the outcome of the G7 has been "a historic failure", with leaders not delivering enough on key issues including climate change and the availability of Covid vaccines for developing countries...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : COP26 draft agreement 'too weak' says Oxfam
Climate activists dress as world leaders in front of a burning funeral pyre of planet earth (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : China opposes G7's 'geopolitical calculations' on global infrastructure pledge
China on Monday says it opposes ‘geopolitical calculations’ in the name of promoting global infrastructure development, as Group of Seven Leaders pledged to raise $600 billion in financing developing countries to counter Beijing’s Belt...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : COP27: 'This is a symbolic day,' says African Group on Loss and Damage
"This is a symbolic day. Developing countries have been fighting for 30 years to have a fund, to have recognition," says Alpha Kaloga, lead coordinator of the African Group on Loss and Damage, after an agreement was reached on the issue...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Loss and damage fund alone 'insufficient' to meet climate challenge: France's Macron
A fund for "loss and damage" to help developing countries deal with climate catastrophes is "largely insufficient", French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday, as delegations seek agreement at COP27 UN climate talks in Egypt (Footage...
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CLEAN : UNDP chief speaks to press on sidelines of COP27
United Nations Development Program chief Achim Steiner speaks to the press at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt's Sharm El Sheikh (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
S. Africa's Creecy: Debt in Coal Deal Is Issue
South African Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Barbara Creecy says the large amount of debt in an $8.5 billion coal transition deal with some of the world's richest countries is a "fundamental issue." She spoke with...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Messi's hometown 'proud' of its heroes after Argentina's World Cup triumph
It is a source of great pride for me and the city to think that two people as great as (Lionel, Eds.) Messi and (Angel, Eds.) Di Maria are representing us in the national team," says a resident of Rosario, the birthplace of those two...
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VOICED : La ciudad de Rosario orgullosa de sus “hijos”, Messi y Di María
Si Argentina se vio envuelta en la máxima felicidad este domingo con el triunfo ante Francia que le dio su tercer campeonato mundial en Catar-2022, Rosario no tuvo palabras para describir la emoción por sus dos hijos dilectos: Lionel...
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VOICED : Un tropiezo y seis finales: el camino de Argentina para alzar la copa en Catar-2022
Argentina ganó el Mundial en Catar 2022 y alzó su tercera Copa del Mundo, después de Argentina-1978 y México-1986 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Pakistan asks IMF for 'breathing space' at joint press stakeout with UN chief
UN chief Antonio Guterres and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif address a joint press stakeout at the end of a preliminary session in Geneva (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
World Bank President Says China's Actions Delay Zambia Restructuring
World Bank President David Malpass discusses debt issues around the globe including developing economies such as Zambia. Zambia's debt restructuring is being delayed by requests from China to have the southern African nation's...
Curated Video
RR8133B KENYA THE UN ENERGY CONFERENCE
Background to Story: The United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of
Energy in Nairobi is looking at ways of averting the growing energy crisis. The
developing world is caught in a double squeeze. The cost of importing...
Curated Video
World Population Hits 8 Billion, Creating Many Challenges
The upward trend in global population threatens to leave even more people in developing countries further behind.
Bloomberg
Vaccine Investments Will Have Tremendous Return: IMF's Gaspar
Apr.08 -- IMF Fiscal Affairs Department Director Vitor Gaspar says investing in Covid-19 vaccinations will lead to big benefits for the global economy. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Keene and Lisa Abramowicz on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
TED-Ed
Population Pyramids: Powerful Predictors of the Future
Here is a very interesting visual for analyzing a country's shift from a pre-industrial society to one with an industrial or post-industrial economy. The video explains how a population pyramid is used to track a country's...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Cell Phone Microscope
Researchers describe an portable fluorescent microscope they've built using a cell phone and inexpensive parts.