One top nutrition expert, Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian of Tufts University, noted that the dietary guidelines panel found “no evidence that whole fat dairy is worse than low-fat dairy,” but they retained the recommendations, citing the need for more research.
of Canada takes on Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen, and No. 15 Frances Tiafoe faces No. 23 Sebastian Korda in an all-American matchup.ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The
elected Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah as its next president on Thursday to steer the region’s top development finance institution through difficult times amidand other key partners.Tah, 60, was elected by the bank’s board of governors, which includes finance ministers and central bank governors from its 81 regional and non-regional member countries. He will take over on Sept. 1 for a five-year term, succeeding
, who is stepping down after two terms.The election took three rounds of voting to decide between the five candidates in the contest. Tah won with 76.18% of the vote, ahead of Zambia’s Samuel Maimbo (with 20.26%), who is a vice-president of the World Bank, and former Senegalese economy minister Amadou Hott (3.55%).
The vote came during the bank’s annual meetings in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where economic headwinds — from debt distress to climate shocks — have dominated discussions.
Observers see Tah’s leadership as pivotal in steering the institution through a period of rising pressure on African economies and tightening global development finance.easing trade war tensions.
Anwar said an ASEAN leaders’ meeting on Tuesday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and the Gulf Cooperation Council — the first such tripartite meeting — would spur new cooperation that could help insulate ASEAN’s economy. The GCC comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.ASEAN leaders later Monday will launch a new 20-year vision to deepen their economic and social integration, Anwar said.
Analysts said China, which is ASEAN’s top trading partner, wants to expand its influence by presenting itself as a reliable ally in the region. But tensions persist over Beijing’s aggressive stance in the disputed South China Sea that has led to frequent clashes especially with the Philippines.Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told the ASEAN summit that a “code of conduct” being negotiated by ASEAN and China to govern the busy sea passage must be binding — one of the factors that has hampered talks.