GENEVA / LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon obtain results of clinical trials it is carrying out on drugs that could be effective in treating patients with COVID-19, its Director said on Friday. General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), …
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TThe World Health Organization backed down on its claim that the Chinese government alerted the United Nations agency to the coronavirus outbreak. The WHO quietly updated its “Timeline of the WHO Response to COVID-19” on Tuesday after the House Foreign Affairs Committee Republican meeting in mid-June. Interim report on the …
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President Trump “has no right to activate” a United Nations Security Council mechanism to destroy the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by repealing sanctions, according to a senior Chinese diplomat, whose argument garnered European support. “Having withdrawn from the JCPOA, the United States is no longer a participant and has no …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressured the UN Security Council on Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October, prompting Russia to criticize the Washington’s policy towards Tehran as “putting a knee” in the country. neck. FILE PHOTO: United …
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The coronavirus pandemic is expected to have resulted in a 14% drop in global working hours in the second quarter of 2020, the International Labor Organization said. The United Nations labor agency said this updated drop in hours of work was the equivalent of 400 million full-time job losses worldwide …
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