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N Korea Covid outbreak 'getting worse' - WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress".

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N. Korea Covid outbreak likely 'getting worse' says WHO

Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress".

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8th Round of Syrian Constitutional Talks Kick off in Geneva

The eighth round of the Syrian Constitutional Committee meetings, chaired by the United Nations Special Representative for Syria, Geir Pedersen, kicked off on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. The meetings are held in the participation of members of the "Small Group" responsible for the writing of the constitution, consisting of 15…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Big tobacco's environmental impact is 'devastating': WHO

Geneva (AFP) - The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realise as it is one of the world's biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO charged Tuesday.

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No concern yet monkeypox will cause pandemic: WHO

Geneva (AFP) - The WHO said Monday it was not concerned for now that the spread of monkeypox beyond the African countries where it is typically found could spark a global pandemic.

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WHO assembly slams Russian attacks on Ukraine health facilities

Geneva (AFP) - WHO member states strongly condemned Russia's war in Ukraine and attacks on healthcare facilities in a resolution overwhelmingly adopted on Thursday, further isolating Moscow on the international stage.

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Explainer-What is on (and off) the agenda of the WHO Assembly?

Hundreds of health ministers and diplomats from around the world meet in Geneva this week for the World Health Organization's first in-person assembly in three years as the U.N. agency seeks to define its future role in global health policy.

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How to buy Solana

Like Ripple and the XRP cryptocurrency, Solana is a blockchain platform with a native currency called SOL. The project was launched in March 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland by the Solana Foundation.

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Countries agree to overhaul WHO funding

Geneva (AFP) - Shaken by the pandemic, the World Health Organization's member states agreed Tuesday to overhaul how they fund the UN health agency, giving it much more money to spend on its own priorities.

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Countries agree to overhaul WHO funding model

Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization's member states agreed Tuesday to overhaul how they fund the UN health agency, giving it much more money to spend on its own priorities.

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WHO says monkeypox 'containable' as more govts start limited vaccinations

The outbreak of monkeypox cases outside of Africa can be contained, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as more governments said they would launch limited vaccinations to combat rising infections of the virus.

Reuters

Medvedev, Tsitsipas Begin French Open Campaigns

World number two Daniil Medvedev and 2021 runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas begin their French Open campaigns on Tuesday looking to take their first steps towards breaking the Roland Garros stranglehold of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. US Open champion Medvedev has traditionally struggled on clay, needing five trips to Paris before…

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Tedros, from 'child of war' to two-term WHO chief

Geneva (AFP) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the first African to head the WHO, was re-elected on Tuesday, tearfully accepting a second term as he recalled his humble upbringing as "a child of war" and pleading for peace.

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Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev resigns, blasts war in Ukraine

Boris Bondarev criticised the ‘aggressive war unleashed’ by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

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‘Warmongering, lies and hatred’: Russian diplomat in Geneva resigns over Ukraine invasion

Boris Bondarev issues public statement saying: ‘Never have I been so ashamed of my country’

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Monkeypox can be stopped outside endemic countries: WHO

Geneva (AFP) - The monkeypox outbreaks in non-endemic countries can be contained and human-to-human transmission of the virus stopped, the World Health Organization said Monday.

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Russian diplomat to UN in Geneva resigns over invasion of Ukraine

"I simply cannot any longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy."

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Russian diplomat to the UN quits and pens scathing letter slamming Putin’s ‘intolerable’ war in Ukraine

Boris Bondarev wrote: ‘Never have I been so ashamed of my country as on February 24 of this year’

Reuters

Russian diplomat in Switzerland says he resigns over Ukraine invasion

A Russian diplomat at the country's permanent mission at the United Nations in Geneva said on Monday he was leaving his post because of his disagreement with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a rare political resignation over the war.

The Independent UK

Russian diplomat to UN in Geneva resigns over war in Ukraine

A veteran Russian diplomat to the U.N. Office at Geneva says he handed in his resignation before sending out a scathing letter to foreign colleagues inveighing against the “aggressive war unleashed” by President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine

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More than 100 million people forcibly displaced: UN

Geneva (AFP) - Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people around the world above 100 million for the first time ever, the United Nations said on Monday.

Reuters

Fate of ancient Athens guides WHO at gathering to plan for next pandemic

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), will have history on his mind when he hosts almost 200 member states at the U.N agency's annual assembly this week.

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Ukraine war, pandemic push colour WHO international meet

Geneva (AFP) - The Ukraine war, with disease and destruction following in its wake, loomed large Sunday as the WHO convened countries to address a still raging pandemic and a vast array of other global health challenges.

AFP

Ukraine war, pandemic push to colour WHO international meet

Geneva (AFP) - The Ukraine war looms large as the World Health Organization opens its main annual assembly Sunday, threatening to overshadow efforts on other health crises and a reform push aimed at preventing future pandemics.

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