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UNESCO urges wider use of debt-for-education swaps

LONDON, July 10 - UNESCO has urged governments and international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps to help tackle a worsening education financing crisis, warning that 113 countries now spend more on servicing debt than on educating their populations.

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Europe's Cloud moment: The DMA must now deliver

The European Commission’s preliminary conclusion that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should fall under the Digital Markets Act marks a turning point. Cloud computing is no longer a background technology market. It is the infrastructure on which Europe’s businesses,

EU-Mexico: While others build walls, Europe builds bridges

The European Parliament has given its consent to the modernized EU-Mexico Partnership Agreement and the interim Trade Agreement. Renew Europe strongly supported both texts, which upgrade a global agreement dating back to 2000, with a reliable partner with whom the EU shares a