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World
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Region
12/27/2020 5:24:38 PM
The violence is an extreme example of the difficulties many poor and developing countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America face as they tackle the monumental task of vaccinating their populations
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Business
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Economy
12/27/2020 12:51:13 PM
Fitch Solutions expects debt in Gulf States to rise sharply as efforts are elevated globally to transition to a green economy
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Business
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Economy
12/22/2020 12:52:02 PM
The GII expected COVID-19 to affect the innovation scene globally, with a notable decline in venture capital investments headed to fresh start-ups
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World
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International
12/21/2020 8:19:56 PM
Brent crude was down $1.85, or 3.5%, at $50.41 a barrel by 11:06 a.m. ET (1606 GMT,) while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in January fell $1.79, or 3.7%, to $47.31 ahead of expiry
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World
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International
12/9/2020 6:52:14 PM
At the beginning of this year, some 79.5 million people had been forced from their homes due to persecution, conflict and human rights violations, the report said.
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World
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International
12/6/2020 9:20:25 AM
The coronavirus has now killed more than 1.5 million people and infected 66 million around the world since emerging in China last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP
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World
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International
12/5/2020 9:00:00 AM
In an address to the UN General Assembly's first high-level session on the pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros cautioned that while the virus can be stopped, 'the path ahead remains treacherous'
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World
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International
12/4/2020 8:53:06 PM
The head of the WHO warned Friday that the poor risk being "trampled" as wealthy nations roll out Covid-19 vaccines, which he said should be a public good
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World
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International
12/3/2020 10:01:00 PM
There have been 1,500,038 fatalities from 64,774,705 cases since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China in December
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Opinion
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12/1/2020 6:59:16 PM
The transition to President Joe Biden has officially started, but the challenges ahead of his administration, nationally and globally, are many
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World
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International
11/30/2020 8:41:58 PM
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World
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International
11/30/2020 8:27:24 PM
The World Health Organization's director-general urged countries on Monday not to politicize the hunt for the origins of the novel coronavirus as that would create barriers to learning the truth
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World
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International
11/22/2020 10:38:37 AM
"They missed building up the necessary infrastructure during the summer months, after they brought the first wave under the control," the WHO's special COVID-19 envoy said
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World
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International
11/17/2020 7:41:48 PM
Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna still must finalize their data on efficacy and safety, and share that information with the scientific community and regulators - including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Life & Style
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Health
11/17/2020 9:15:00 AM
Cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer among women globally, is a preventable disease but strikes at least 570,000 each year and kills 311,000, the UN agency said
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World
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International
11/14/2020 12:37:12 PM
New York raced to cut off a second wave of coronavirus infections and a top WHO expert warned growing public distrust risked rendering even the most effective treatments useless against the pandemic
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World
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Region
11/11/2020 12:52:58 PM
While the outgoing Trump has declared Iran an arch-foe and sought to isolate it globally, president-elect Biden has proposed to offer Iran a 'credible path back to diplomacy'
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World
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International
11/6/2020 8:26:44 PM
Rich nations will need to boost efforts to provide funding for pandemic-hit poorer countries to battle climate change if they are to meet a promise of raising $100 billion a year from 2020
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World
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International
11/6/2020 7:54:23 PM
More than 12 million cases of the new coronavirus have been recorded in Europe, according to a tally compiled by AFP
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World
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International
11/5/2020 4:31:59 AM
More than 9.4 million people have been infected and 233,000 have died in the United States so far during the pandemic, by far the worst tolls in absolute terms globally.
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