Georgia to host development summit; climate change, aging on agenda
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FILE - Participants carry a giant European Union flag during a procession in support of Georgia's membership in the EU in Tbilisi, Dec. 9, 2023. Tbilisi will be the host of an Asian Development Bank annual meeting beginning May 2, 2024. Rickshaw pullers rest amid a severe heatwave in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 25, 2024. Millions of pupils were told to stay home this week as the South Asian nation swelters through one of its worst heatwaves on record. FILE - Wicker and seagrass coffins are displayed at the Asia Funeral and Cemetery Expo and Conference in Hong Kong, May 18, 2017. The expo underscores how Asia's rapidly aging population makes its death industry a potentially lucrative market.
The Asian Development Bank holds its annual meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, next week, with discussions on climate change and the world’s aging population high on the agenda.
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Trent, left, and Victoria Warmerdam, winners of the award for best live action short film for "I'm Not a Robot," attend the Governors Ball after the Oscars on March 2, 2025, in Los Angeles.
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Staff at the Mission Control outside Austin, Texas celebrating as lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA, March 2, 2025. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP) Private lunar lander Blue Ghost after touching down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA, March 2, 2025. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP)
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The moon passes by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 spaceship on Feb. 24, 2025, in this image taken from a video. The craft is expected to land on the moon on March 2, 2025. (Firefly Aerospace on X via Reuters) Intuitive Machines' Athena lander, atop a SpaceX rocket, lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 26, 2025. Athena is expected to land on the moon on March 6, 2025.
In this undated image released by NASA, Intuitive Machines’ newest lunar lander is seen attached to a SpaceX Falcon rocket.