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Paris summit to push for global debt and climate reform
World leaders will convene in Paris for the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, aiming to address climate change, debt burdens, and poverty. Ideas include innovative taxation, restructuring international financial systems, and increasing climate financing. Developing nations seek tangible progress and timelines.
Simple measures can prevent a million baby deaths a year: study
Implementing simple and affordable healthcare measures, such as providing aspirin, could prevent over a million stillbirths and neonatal deaths in developing countries annually, according to new research.
The study highlights the need for improved care during pregnancy and childbirth in low- and middle-income countries.
Eight measures, including nutrition supplements and education on smoking, could prevent hundreds of thousands of stillbirths, while additional interventions like steroid use and delayed umbilical cord clamping could save the lives of newborns.
The researchers estimate that implementing these changes would cost US$1.1 billion, a fraction of other health programs’ budgets.
Macron signs France pension reform into law despite protests
French President Emmanuel Macron has signed his controversial pension reform into law, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, despite months of protests and opposition from unions.
The alterations became law after being approved by the Constitutional Council. Unions have called for mass protests on 1 May, and some violent demonstrations have already occurred.
The battle over the legislation has been Macron’s biggest domestic challenge, leading to low approval ratings and widespread opposition to the changes.
Macron praised in China for ‘brilliant’ Taiwan comments
French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for “strategic autonomy” in Taiwan is being praised in China as a “brilliant decision” that is “relatively objective, rational and in line with Europe’s own interests.”
While some Chinese social media users laud Macron’s independence, others are skeptical about France’s willingness to side with China over the US.
