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Foreign jets used in Libyan refugee centre airstrike, claims UN report | World news
Foreign fighter jets are suspected by United Nations arms experts of launching precision missiles that killed at least 53 refugees housed in a Libyan refugee detention centre near Tripoli in July, one of the worst single atrocities of the Libyan civil war. The allegations, first published by the BBC, led the former British ambassador to …
The Delhi Air Crisis: What It Means for the World
Automotive and industrial emissions fill the air with nitrogen, sulphur dioxides, and “black carbon,” the latter of which includes tiny particles that penetrate deep into the lungs. Over the past days, levels in Delhi have exceeded 10 times what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency deems safe. (The idea that any level is “safe” is disputed, …
Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore are the world’s greenest commuter cities
Three of Asia’s biggest business hubs have emerged as the world’s most environmentally-friendly commuter cities. Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore topped the charts for green commuting in a new study by data insights company, Kantar. Those cities ranked especially highly due to commuters’ general tendency to use public transport or walk to work in the three …
In swipe at Trump, China tells U.N. tariffs could plunge world into recession
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Friday that tariffs and trade disputes could plunge the world into recession and Beijing was committed to resolving them in a “calm, rational and cooperative manner.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters …
The Latest: Sierra Leone: UN reform to give Africa equal say
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (Kevin Hagen/Associated Press) UNITED NATIONS — The Latest on the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders (all times local): 10:30 a.m. The president of Sierra Leone is calling for “urgent and imperative” …
Imran Khan warns of potential nuclear war in Kashmir | World news
Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has said he has been trying to raise the alarm at the United Nations this week about the danger of a nuclear war breaking out over Kashmir. India and Pakistan came close to a conflict in February when India bombed Pakistani territory for the first time in a half century …
Tanzania summons World Health Organization rep over Ebola complaint
FILE PHOTO: A health worker dressed in a protective suit talks to medical staff at the newly constructed MSF(Doctors Without Borders) Ebola treatment centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania has summoned the local World Health Organization representative over the agency’s statement on the …
UK to snub Franco-German ‘alliance for multilateralism’ | World news
British ministers are to snub a major new “alliance for multilateralism” being launched by France and Germany at the United Nations general assembly this week in a fresh sign of how Brexit is shifting British foreign policy. The alliance, due to be launched by the German foreign minister, Heiko Maas, and the French foreign minister, …
‘Deficit of trust’: At UN, leaders of a warming world gather
The planet is getting hotter, and tackling that climate peril will grab the spotlight as world leaders gather for their annual meeting at the United Nations this week facing an undeniable backdrop: rising tensions from the Persian Gulf to Afghanistan and increasing nationalism, inequality and intolerance. Growing fear of military action, especially in response to …
World Health Organization says Tanzania not sharing information on Ebola
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania has declined to provide detailed information on suspected Ebola cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, posing a challenge in efforts to fight the outbreak. Despite several requests “to date, clinical data, results of the investigations, possible contacts and potential laboratory tests performed … have not been communicated to …
