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Ukraine war, pandemic to top agenda of World Health Assembly | News | DW
The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to open the 75th edition of the World Health Assembly in Geneva on Sunday as the war in Ukraine threatens to overshadow a reform push aimed at preventing future pandemics. The UN health agency will see its 194 member states convene for the first in-person assembly since the …
India is leading the world by example in Climate Action: Environment Minister at BRICS Meeting 2022
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Friday attended the BRICS high level meeting on Climate Change. Addressing the meeting, the minister highlighted the relevance of the forum to jointly address climate change, to explore approaches to accelerate low carbon and resilient transition and to achieve sustainable recovery and development. The …
Environmental Governance Update: January to March 2022 – World
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Produced by UNEP’s Law Division, this newsletter includes exciting insights from …
Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 70 of the invasion | World news
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed 156 people who were successfully evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol arrived in Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday. “Today 156 people arrived in Zaporizhzhia. Women and children. They have been in shelters for more than two months,” he said. Another 200 civilians are still trapped under the complex and approximately …
100-year-old man sets world record working for same company for 84 years
A 100-year-old Brazilian man has set a new Guinness World Record for working at the same company for the last 84 years – and nine days. In a statement on Wednesday, the popular reference book company shared that ReneauxView employee Walter Orthmann was awarded the honor on Jan. 6. Orthmann started working at ReneauxView, previously …
NSW records 11,903 new COVID-19 cases, seven deaths; 11,083 new cases in Victoria, seven deaths; Anthony Albanese out of isolation; Electricity prices more than double; First BA.4 sub-variant detected in NSW; World Health Organisation verifies 11 more attacks on health care in Ukraine
A reporter has tried comparing Anthony Albanese’s response to his COVID-19 infection to Scott Morrison’s, asking Shadow Treasurer Jim Shalmers why Mr Albanese hasn’t held a press conference on his first day out of isolation, when Mr Morrison had when he got out of isolation in March this year. “Anthony Albanese is returning to …
What does political upheaval in Pakistan mean for the world? | Imran Khan
Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, was ousted from office in a no-confidence vote in parliament in the early hours of Sunday after three years and seven months in power. A new government will be formed, most likely under opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, after parliament reconvenes on Monday to vote for a new prime minister. The …
New lithium technology can help the world go green — if it works
April 7 (Reuters) – Rio Tinto, General Motors and even the U.S. Energy Department are investing heavily in a crop of newer technologies that could revolutionize the way lithium is produced for electric vehicle batteries. Now those technologies just have to prove they work on a commercial scale. If they do, miners will be able …
Biden says Putin should face war crimes trial for Bucha. Get the latest from Russia-Ukraine war. | World
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday called for war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he’d seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine. “You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden said. He added that Putin “is a war criminal” Biden’s comments to reporters came after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy …