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WHO states strike deal to extend talks on pandemic treatyWorld Health Organization member states will continue talks on a pandemic treaty for another year. Discussions focus on sharing access to d...- Antarctica's tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and diseaseSoaring tourism to Antarctica, driven by climate change fears, raises concerns about contamination and damage to the fragile ecosystem. A r...
- WHO members adopt a 'pandemic agreement' born out of the disjointed global COVID responseWHO member countries have approved a pandemic agreement aimed at improving global prevention, preparedness, and response efforts. The treat...
- WHO 'regrets' Donald Trump decision to pull US from organizationUS President Trump has directed the country's withdrawal from the WHO, citing financial imbalance and mishandling of Covid-19. The WHO expr...
- Donald Trump signs order to withdraw US from WHO over COVID-19 response & financial issuesPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the WHO, citing mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and financial...
- Shared Covid information 'without holding anything back', says ChinaBeijing asserted its transparency in sharing Covid-19 information, countering WHO's call for more data. China claimed it has significantly ...
- Pandemic accord talks at loggerheads as time ticks awayThe final round of negotiations for a pandemic accord faces intense pressure this week as countries grapple with differing approaches to ha...
- Pandemic accord talks at loggerheads as time ticks awayThe last week of negotiations runs until Thursday with nations trying to hammer out an agreement to make sure the world is better prepared ...
- Nipah virus outbreak renews calls to protect bat roostsThough Kerala's response to contain the outbreak drew international praise, the quick spread of the virus and its impact on tens of thousan...
- UN chief warns world is one step from 'nuclear annihilation'UN chief warned the world Monday that "humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.
- World Health Organization calls for treaty to shield against next pandemicWHO member states reached a consensus Sunday on kick-starting the process towards a pandemic treaty. The draft decision was secured after c...
- WHO Chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemicsThe draft makes no reference to the word “treaty” but, among other things, calls for the creation of an “intergovernmental negotiating body...
- WHO members eye pandemic preparation, as new variant emergesIn the wake of diplomatic wrangling, a draft resolution at the special World Health Assembly stops short of calling for work toward specifi...
- Countries convene for pandemic treaty talksThe three-day meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva comes with the planet still besieged by Covid-19, nearly two years o...
- World must bolster WHO and agree pandemic treaty, expert panel saysEfforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic have been uneven and fragmented, marked by limited access to vaccines in low-income countries while th...
- Leaders of North Korea, China vow to strengthen tiesIn a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said it is “the fixed stand" of his government to “ceaselessl...
- WHO, at heart of world's sluggish response to COVID, faces potential shake-upUnder the resolution submitted by the European Union, and adopted by consensus, member states are to be firmly in the driver's seat of the ...
- Global leaders push for pandemic treatyLeaders from 25 countries, the EU and the World Health Organisation (WHO) sought to get the ground rules down in writing to streamline and ...
- UK PM reiterates support against Taliban in call with Afghan President"He [Johnson] reiterated the UK's longstanding support for the Afghan government's fight against the Taliban as part of the NATO coalition,...
- Parliamentary panel underscores need for government to formulate laws to counter bio-terrorismThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, in its report "The Outbreak of Pandemic COVID-19 And its Management", underlined the need o...
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