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Booster COVID-19 shots should be delayed -WHO director-general
-WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that COVID-19 booster shots should be delayed as priority should be given to raising…
WHO seeks ‘best minds’ to probe new pathogens that jump from animals to humans
GENEVA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it was looking for the greatest scientific minds to…
France’s Macron urges UN to act with single voice on Afghanistan
Islamist militants will seek to benefit from the turmoil in Afghanistan, said French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, adding that France would…
Reactions to the ‘Code Red’ U.N. climate science report
Eight years after its last full update on climate science, the United Nations on Monday published a report that delivered even starker…
U.N. sounds clarion call over ‘irreversible’ climate impacts by humans
The U.N. climate panel sounded a dire warning Monday, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans…
Key takeaways from the U.N. climate panel’s report
The U.N. climate panel has released its most comprehensive assessment of climate change yet. Here are some of the report's main conclusions:…
U.N. climate report likely to deliver stark warnings on global warming
Eight years after its last update on climate science, the United Nations is set to publish a report Monday that will likely…
Flurry of emissions pledges still not enough to meet global climate goals
Despite a recent flurry of new national emissions pledges, the world is still far away from preventing catastrophic climate change, experts say…
World food prices fall for second month in July
World food prices eased for a second month in a row in July, reflecting declines for cereals, vegetable oils and dairy products,…
More countries hike climate pledges, piling pressure on major emitters
A group of mostly smaller countries submitted new, more ambitious climate pledges to the United Nations this week, raising pressure on big…
Young lured to tobacco addiction via e-cigarettes – WHO
GENEVA, July 27 (Reuters) - The tobacco industry's sleek marketing is attracting youngsters to e-cigarettes which can lead to tobacco addiction, despite…
WHO proposes fresh mission to China and lab audits
The World Health Organization has proposed a second phase of studies in China into the origins of the coronavirus, including audits of…