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Deal or no deal as WTO talks grind into second sleepless night

Geneva (AFP) - Marathon talks at the World Trade Organization aimed at stitching together a tit-for-tat deal went round the clock into Friday with a long-sought agreement on fishing subsidies still hanging in the balance.

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WTO talks go deep into overtime

Geneva (AFP) - Talks at the World Trade Organization went deep into overtime on Thursday with key holdout India talking up the prospects for a landmark deal spanning food security, fishing and combating Covid-19.

AFP

Vlasov takes Tour of Switzerland yellow with stage win

Geneva (AFP) - Russian Aleksandr Vlasov won the Tour of Switzerland's fifth stage on Thursday to claim the overall leaders' jersey.

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Hectic horse-trading as WTO talks enter overtime

Geneva (AFP) - Talks at the World Trade Organization were going deep into overtime on Thursday with countries trying to thrash out an over-arching deal encompassing food security, fishing and combating Covid-19.

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WTO deals still within sight after all-night arm-twisting

Geneva (AFP) - WTO negotiations dragged on Thursday after countries haggled through the night in frantic efforts to salvage deals on food security, fishing and combating Covid-19.

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Hunger crisis could swell already record global displacement: UN

Geneva (AFP) - Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed global displacement numbers above 100 million for the first time, and the UN warns the resulting hunger crisis could force many more to flee their homes.

AFP

Countries haggle through the night to salvage WTO deals

Geneva (AFP) - Ministers were frantically haggling through the night into Thursday at the World Trade Organization in a bid to salvage deals on food security, fishing and combating Covid-19.

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WTO talks extended in bid to seal elusive deals

Geneva (AFP) - The World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will run over into a fifth day Thursday in the hope of striking thus-far elusive deals on fishing subsidies, food security and combating Covid-19.

AFP

Flights resume after computer glitch shuts Swiss airspace

Geneva (AFP) - Swiss airspace reopened Wednesday morning after a computer glitch grounded flights across the country for several hours, officials said.

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All the easyJet flights cancelled from and to Gatwick today OLD WED

Some flights to and from Paris CDG on Thursday morning are grounded because of industrial action

The Independent UK

Swiss airspace reopens after computer glitch

Geneva airport announced that it had begun gradually resuming flights after a computer glitch closed down Switzerland's airspace Wednesday morning. The air traffic control system grounded flights at the country's main airports, officials said.

France 24

Russia Considers Turkey’s Possible Military Operation in Syria Unwise

Russia considers Turkey's possible military operation in Syria unwise as it could escalate and destabilize the situation, the RIA news agency cited Russia's Syria envoy Alexander Lavrentyev as saying on Wednesday. Lavrentyev also said Moscow no longer considered Geneva a suitable venue for talks between Syrians, according to the TASS…

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India all but sinks WTO sustainable fishing deal

Geneva (AFP) - India all but sank the WTO's bid to net a long-sought deal on curbing harmful fishing subsidies, insisting Tuesday it would not sign up without a 25-year exemption.

AFP

WTO still angling for sustainable fishing deal

Geneva (AFP) - The WTO was still pushing for a long-sought deal on curbing harmful fishing subsidies on Tuesday but some fear it could slip through the net.

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WHO to assess if monkeypox an international health emergency

Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization said Tuesday it would hold an emergency meeting next week to determine whether to classify the global monkeypox outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern.

The Hindu

Indian workers kept in ‘slave labour-like’ conditions in Qatar: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

The RSS-affiliated trade union takes up the issue with Qatar during International Labour Conference in Geneva

AFP

WTO floats fund to help net sustainable fishing deal

Geneva (AFP) - The WTO tried to net a long-sought deal on curbing harmful fishing subsidies by promising Tuesday an implementation fund it hopes will reel in wavering developing countries.

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MWL Secretary-General Calls for Bridging ‘Wide’ Gap Between Rich, Poor

Secretary-General of the Muslim World League Dr. Mohammad al-Issa has participated as a guest of honor in the world’s high-level forum, which brought together the heads of major regional and international organizations active in the field of humanitarian work. Activities of the forum, hosted by Geneva, were launched under the…

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WTO Seeks Shot in the Arm with Covid Jab IP Idea

The WTO's search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to lift intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines. The World Trade Organization's first ministerial meeting since December 2017 is wrestling with the wording of a text that would temporarily waive patents…

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WTO seeks shot in the arm with Covid jab IP idea

Geneva (AFP) - The WTO's search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to lift intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines.

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UN rights chief Bachelet won't seek second term

Geneva (AFP) - UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Monday she will not seek a second term, ending months of speculation, insisting she wanted to spend more time with her family in Chile.

The Independent UK

Sweet like chocolate: On a confectionary tour of Geneva with the Swiss city’s new Choco Pass

Joanna Whitehead gets an unparalleled taste of Switzerland’s second city

Radio France Internationale

WTO warns of 'rocky road' with food shortages, vaccines on agenda in Geneva

The World Trade Organization is gathering in Geneva for its first ministerial meeting in nearly five years to tackle food security threatened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, overfishing and equitable access to Covid vaccines.

Reuters

UN rights chief says she will not seek second term

The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet indicated on Monday that she would not seek a second term in a wide-ranging speech to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.

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WTO Chief Sees Rocky Road for Trade Deals at Global Meeting

World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed cautious optimism on Sunday that more than 100 trade ministers meeting in Geneva would achieve one or two global deals this week, but warned the path there would be bumpy and rocky. The director-general from Nigeria said the world had changed since the…

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