The Arctic Council has accepted China and other Asian states as permanent observers. With climate change making the region more accessible to shipping and commercial exploitation, countries are lining up to join.
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The Arctic Council agreed on Wednesday to expand to include six new nations, including China, as observer states, as a changing climate opens the Arctic to increasing economic and political competition.
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The United Nations Security Council today authorized the deployment to Mali of 11,200 peacekeepers and a separate French unit to stabilize the land-locked African nation and fight Islamist insurgents.
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As the world’s central banks look to diversify their reserve portfolios, they’re cutting back on U.S. dollars and the euro and buying more gold, Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, according to a report released Wednesday from the World Gold Council.
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The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) begins its annual session in Geneva today by once again disgracing itself through the appointment of the West African country of Mauritania as its vice-president for the next year.
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There is a Government of National Unity (according to the UN at least), only a lot of former people in power are not part of this government (?) and are warned not to intervene.
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The Houston City Council passed an ordinance meant to help track down criminals who try to resell stolen valuables. Gold-buying businesses will now be required to photograph and fingerprint sellers as well as photograph the items that are being sold to the dealer.
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Last week, Greece’s National Radio and Television Council (ESR) suggested to television stations to refrain from displaying images of homeless and other people in need, showing the misery of Greeks.
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Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will join the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) as a distinguished fellow. Geithner left the Treasury at the end of January and will rejoin an organization where he previously served as a senior fellow in 2001.
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A council official in the Drenthe municipality of Aa en Hunze is recommending people pee while having a shower in order to save water and cash. The council has launched a project in 2013 to increase sustainability and saving water is an integral part of the mission, the AD reports on Wednesday.
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