WHO urges all countries to reveal intelligence on COVID-19 origin
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on all countries to unveil the information they have about the origins of COVID-19,
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US energy dept says COVID probably came from a lab leak
Investigations into the origins of a virus that has now killed nearly 7 million people have been hampered by politics
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Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific
Climate change forecasters have warned for years that the warmer and wetter world created by the climate crisis will drive
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WHO makes flash $84.5M appeal for Türkiye, Syria quake relief
The U.N.’s health body launched a flash appeal of $84.5 million on Friday, in response to the needs of Türkiye
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Around 750 Malawians die in worst cholera outbreak in decades
A government minister said on Thursday about 750 people have died from cholera in the worst outbreak to affect Malawi
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China pledges ‘final victory’ over COVID-19 despite global alarm
The Chinese state media rallied citizens on Wednesday for a “final victory” over the coronavirus as global health officials tried
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Haiti, UN appeal for help as fears grow over cholera’s spread
The United Nations and authorities in Haiti have called for international assistance to respond to a deadly outbreak of cholera
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UN envoy urges dialogue to end political impasse in Iraq
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN Special Representative in Iraq, briefed the Security Council in New York, warning that “public disillusion is running
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Pakistan: To avert ‘second wave of death’, UN raises funding appeal to $816 million
Julien Harneis, Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan, told journalists in Geneva on Monday that there would be an increase in child
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Fight against human trafficking must be strengthened in Ethiopia’s wartorn north
The protracted conflict in the three northern regions have heightened risks of trafficking for sexual exploitation as a form of
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