Davos-Klosters, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–24 January 2015 – The year 2015 could be a landmark one to lay the foundations for achieving gender parity, according to panellists speaking at the 45th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The Sustainable Development Goals, set to frame the post-2015 development agenda, are expected to[Read More…]

Davos, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–24 January 2015 – The World Economic Forum today launches a multi-year Future of the Internet Initiative in an effort to help strengthen trust and expand concrete cooperation on internet-related challenges and opportunities. The informal process of strategic dialogue and cooperation will seek to complement formal institutions and existing initiatives. It[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2015. Hi, everybody.  This week, in my State of the Union Address, I talked about what we can do to make sure middle-class economics helps more Americans get ahead in the new economy.  See, after some tough years, and thanks to some tough decisions we made, our[Read More…]

PHOENIX –-(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2015.  A federal district court judge in Arizona late yesterday permanently blocked a ban on driver’s licenses for immigrant youth ordered by Gov. Jan Brewer. The ruling is the latest in a series of victories for DREAMers in Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer, a lawsuit brought[Read More…]

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–23 January 2015 – There is optimism for a sustainable future, where poverty is eradicated, disease eliminated and everyone has access to nutritious food and the opportunities presented by education. This message of hope was delivered by Bill Gates and Melinda Gates, Co-Chairs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA.[Read More…]

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–23 January 2015 – The civilized world will not bow to the threat of terrorism, said John F. Kerry, US Secretary of State. “The 20th century was defined by the civilized struggle to uphold values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law,” he said. We will not be[Read More…]

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–23 January 2015 – With the price of oil rock-bottom, now is the perfect opportunity to cut $2 trillion worth of energy subsidies across the world and invest it equally in job creation and education, with a special focus on women, said Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund[Read More…]

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–23 January 2015 – It wasn’t only France that was attacked two weeks ago – freedom itself was attacked, said President François Hollande of France. “It is the very foundation of our society which has found itself under assault,” he added. Hollande was speaking at the 45th World Economic[Read More…]

NEW YORK/PARIS—(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015.  A hospital operated by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was directly targeted in an aerial bombing in Sudan on January 20, forcing the suspension of medical activities, MSF announced today. The hospital, located in the Nuba Mountains village of Frandala[Read More…]

A UNHCR staff member asks a displaced Ukrainian man about the situation in his native Donetsk region, which has been heavily affected by the conflict. Photo: UNHCR/I. Zimova (file) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 January 2015 – The United Nations Security Council has condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ today’s shelling which resulted in[Read More…]