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Indonesia: Religious Council Says Crypto Is Haram

The use of crypto assets as a currency is forbidden for Muslims, according to Indonesia’s council of religious leaders.The National Ulema Council, or MUI, has deemed cryptocurrency as haram, or banned, as it has elements of uncertainty, wagering and harm, Asrorun Niam Sholeh, head of religious decrees, said on Thursday after the council held an expert hearing.

12 November 2021
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What It Will Take To Overcome The Pandemic

As special envoys on COVID-19 for the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), we have witnessed first-hand the intensity of the suffering caused by the pandemic, especially in poorer communities.

13 May 2021
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Can We End The Water Crisis?

Humanity’s consumption of fresh water has long exceeded the rate of replenishment. Now, researchers are warning that this essential natural resource is running out. If we are to reverse this trend, investing in natural solutions is our best hope.Less than one percent of all water on Earth is accessible or usable fresh water. Most is held in inland wetlands, including rivers, lakes, marshes, peatlands, and underground aquifers.

23 March 2021
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Britain Finalises Free Trade Pact With Vietnam

Britain and Vietnam on Friday finalised a free trade agreement (FTA), the second deal London has reached in Southeast Asia in as many days while deadlock continues over post-Brexit European Union (EU) arrangements.The deal with Vietnam comes into force 1 January, 2021 and will be Britain's third, following Thursday's pact with Singapore and October's first post-Brexit trade deal with Japan.Vietnam stands to benefit from tariff savings of £114 million (US$150.6 million) on its e

12 December 2020
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ACRF: A Social Contract For Greening Growth?

With the COVID-19 outbreak, ASEAN member states (AMS) are now in the middle of dealing with a combination of shocks – the public health crisis, a lagging economy, a stressed financial sector, and climate change risk. As the pandemic shows no signs of ending, the economy of ASEAN is projected to contract by 3.8 percent in 2020, the first economic contraction for the bloc in 22 years.

8 December 2020
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The Politics Of A COVID-19 Vaccine

The global toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is enormous: more than a half-million lives lost, hundreds of millions out of work, and trillions of dollars of wealth destroyed. And the disease has by no means run its course; hundreds of thousands more could well die from it.Not surprisingly, there is tremendous interest in the development of a vaccine, with more than a hundred efforts under way around the world.

15 July 2020
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