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WHO official slams Trump’s 'incoherent' comments on coronavirus
Feb 27, 2020 12:28A World Health Organization (WHO) has said that he found US President Donald Trump's remarks during a news conference on his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak a "little incoherent."
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Iran briefs WHO, foreign envoys on measures to contain coronavirus
Feb 27, 2020 04:14Iran’s Foreign Ministry played host to a meeting to inform the World Health Organization (WHO) representative and foreign ambassadors residing in Tehran about the Islamic Republic’s measures to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic.
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Countries stepping up efforts to fight new coronavirus
Feb 25, 2020 08:45Countries throughout the globe are escalating efforts to contain an outbreak of the new coronavirus that has so far infected over 77,650 people, mainly in China.
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World must prepare for ‘potential pandemic’: WHO Chief
Feb 25, 2020 02:09The World Health Organization chief says the world should be working harder to contain the spread of the deadly new coronavirus, and should be preparing for a "potential pandemic."
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World leaders urged to 'step back from precipice' of ecological ruin
Feb 23, 2020 10:45A statement, which was released through non-profit thinktank Aspen Institute reads “The loss and degradation of nature jeopardizes human health, livelihoods, safety and prosperity. It disproportionately harms our poorest communities while undermining our ability to meet a broad range of targets set by the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. We must rise above politics and ideology to unite the global community around the urgent cause of protecting our planet and way of life.”
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UN envoy urges Turkey, Russia to de-escalate situation in Syria's Idlib
Feb 20, 2020 05:18UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has called on Moscow and Ankara to de-escalate the situation in the Arab country's Idlib Province after the Turkish president threatened "imminent" operation in the last stronghold of terrorists in northern Syria.
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US assassination of Soleimani breached international norms: UN rapporteur
Feb 19, 2020 04:04A United Nations (UN) special rapporteur says the US assassination of Iran’s top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was in breach of international norms and the UN charter.
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Libya rebels claim to have ‘destroyed’ Turkish cargo ship in Tripoli
Feb 18, 2020 14:23Ghassan Salame, the UN’s Libya envoy, confirmed that the port had been attacked but did not give details.
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Situation in Libya deeply troubling, UN warns
Feb 16, 2020 13:51A United Nations (UN) official has warned that the situation in Libya is “deeply troubling,” a fragile ceasefire in the crisis-hit country has seen dozens of violations, and a UN arms embargo imposed on the country has become a “joke.”
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UN names Iran's late Mirzakhani among ‘7 women scientists who shaped world’
Feb 16, 2020 10:48The United Nations (UN) has named the late Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani as one of seven women scientists “who have shaped our world.”