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Mutual funds’ transaction network Calastone has taken its services and put them on a blockchain-based network ... Through Calastone’s blockchain-enabled market infrastructure all participants across the fund’s world can work together seamlessly and view trading activity in real-time....

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Negotiations for World Bank loan by month end

The Times of India 21 May 2019

For works such as the Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP), the World Bank funds were contributed to a separate loan account and were spent on specific project but the development policy loan will be disbursed to state exchequer and the government can execute projects based on an action plan....

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Facial-Recognition Startup Calls for Regulation Instead of Bans

Wall Street Journal 21 May 2019

SenseTime, which has received funding from the Saudi-backed SoftBank Vision Fund, is navigating ......

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FIU and UNODC

Nation 21 May 2019

Authorities in Seychelles hope to gather the necessary knowledge to combat money-laundering and counter proliferation financing and the financing of terrorism in an increasingly developed world where technology allows money to move anywhere in the world with speed and ease....

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Sofinnova Partners Launch MD Start III Medtech Acceleration Fund at €48M

The Record 21 May 2019

With this new medtech acceleration fund, Sofinnova Partners continues to reinforce its coverage across the Life Sciences sector, with funds operated by dedicated teams investing from seed to late stage ... For this third, collaborative vintage, the MD Start team will operate as a fund managed by Sofinnova Partners....

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WHO travel cost $192M last year, documents show

Arkansas Online 21 May 2019

agency charged with setting global health guidelines and coordinating the response to health emergencies around the world ... During this week's World Health Assembly, a yearly gathering of WHO's highest decision-making body, including member states and donors, the agency will be trying to raise more funds for Ebola and other health priorities....

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AP Exclusive: UN health agency struggles with travel abuses

Longview News-Journal 21 May 2019

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W’Bank Gives Nigeria 30 Years to Repay $350m Rural Power Fund

This Day 21 May 2019

Nigeria will have about 30 years to repay the World Bank the $350 million it borrowed from it to fund the expansion of access and supply of electricity to rural communities, educational institutions and underserved micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country under the Nigerian Electrification Project (NEP)....

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Food security: Community-led conservation needs to take root

The Times of India 21 May 2019

The World Bank supported consortium of global seed banks — Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research — focuses on select crop species to secure food security and operates with an annual funding of about $191 million, estimated in 2017....

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Para-climber back on the wall just three months after leg amputation

TVNZ 21 May 2019

Rachel Maia wasn’t sure she’d make it to this year’s climbing nationals, but she’s so glad she did ... While the final didn’t go as well as she would have liked the nationals are just the first step on her way to the World Championships in France in eight weeks' time ... Maia is self-funding her World Championships campaign and you can donate here. . ....

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Qatar- QFFD provides QR8.15bn in aid to several countries

MENA FN 21 May 2019

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) By Sachin Kumar . The Peninsula Doha. Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has provided QR8.15bn aid to several countries around the world since 2015, said a ... ....

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Irish women ready after 'tricky' spell

Irish Independent 21 May 2019

After sensationally winning World Cup silver as amateurs last summer, that's a far cry from having to self-fund two years ago. And it also offers stability after some major changes since their World Cup heroics. Reaching that final and jumping to eighth in the world rankings earned ......

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Seoul vows $8M in aid to N. Korean kids

Arkansas Online 21 May 2019

Lee Sang-min, spokesman for Seoul's Unification Ministry, said the government will discuss its plans with the World Food Program and the United Nations Children's Fund, through which the aid would be provided, so it reaches North Korean children and pregnant women quickly ... Population Fund project to evaluate North Korean public health conditions....