Cambodia aims hybrid digital currency on blockchain at unbanked

Bakong enables even users without a bank account to make payments and transfers through a mobile app

Tourism to jobs: How Chile's same-sex marriage law could lift the economy

Chile recently legalised same-sex marriage. But what are the economic benefits of gay weddings?

Philippine supertyphoon Rai 'exceeded all predictions' - forecaster

The World Meteorological Organisation says it's likely warming temperatures are causing storms to intensify more rapidly, as happened with top-strength typhoon Rai

WHO experts recommend third dose of Novavax COVID vaccine for people living with HIV

The WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization have recommended the use of the vaccine in persons living with HIV

EXCLUSIVE- Brazil shuts illegal timber schemes, sheds light on Amazon logging

Brazil shuts down illegal timber despite Bolsonaro rolling back on environmental protections and introducing more mining and farming to the Amazon

EU lays out rules to allow more state aid for green projects

The EU aims to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions 55% by 2030 from 1990 levels and eliminate them by 2050 which will require huge low-carbon investments

FDA approves injectable form of GSK HIV prevention drug

An injectable HIV prevention drug is aimed as an alternative to daily pills and has been approved for use in at-risk adults and adolescents

Boost for blockchain in China as Xinhua to issue photos as NFTs

Cryptocurrencies including bitcoin are seen as the natural means of payment in the metaverse, but Beijing has clamped down on them as possible conduits for illegal capital flows and money laundering

Rosneft approves new strategy as step towards 2050 net zero emissions

Russia, the world's fourth largest greenhouse gas emitter says that it targets carbon neutrality by no earlier than 2060

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