GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. FILE PHOTO: The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a press conference organized by the Geneva …
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FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reacts when he makes a statement on Hong Kong’s national security legislation in London, Britain, on July 1, 2020. REUTERS / Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s first sanctions will target 25 Russian citizens who it says were involved in the mistreatment and …
Read More »WHO stops hydroxychloroquine, anti-HIV drugs in COVID trials after failing to reduce death
GENEVA, July 4 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it would suspend its trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the combined HIV drug lopinavir / ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 after that failed to reduce mortality. “These interim trial results show that hydroxychloroquine and …
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission Head Ursula von der Leyen hold a joint press conference via video conference to mark Berlin taking over the rotating EU presidency from July 1 to the end of the year in Berlin, Germany, July 2, 2020. Kay Nietfeld / Pool via Reuters …
Read More »Turkey Wants French Apology For Mediterranean Warship Incident
FILE PHOTO: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a joint press conference after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on January 13, 2020. Pavel Golovkin / Pool via REUTERS BERLIN (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that Turkey hopes France will apologize …
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