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WHO seeking quick bucks from business via foundation
WHO seeking quick bucks from business via foundation
by  AFP

The World Health Organization is sourcing rapid response financing directly from companies to help tackle international crises, through the foundation it set up to bridge the shortfall from member states. Its 194 member states provide barely 16 percent of the organisation's financing through membership fees.

Climate protesters scale major UK bridge
Climate protesters scale major UK bridge
by  AFP

Two UK climate protesters scaled a major road bridge over the River Thames on Monday causing huge traffic delays, days after activists threw tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" masterpiece. The closure caused major delays for motorists for whom the bridge, known as the Dartford Crossing, is the only way to cross the Thames to the east of London.

Hungry elephants, Cameroon farmers struggle to coexist
Hungry elephants, Cameroon farmers struggle to coexist
by  AFP

Banana growers on the edge of a giant national park on Cameroon's Atlantic coast say they can take no more crop destruction from hungry elephants as the conflict between man and animal escalates. Most of the crop destruction is recorded near protected wildlife reserves.

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