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NewsChefs, farmers, government and business leaders to call for new food systems in post Covid-19 and to feed 10 billion people by 2050
Geneva/New York, November 18 – The existing food systems, battered by coronavirus that caused widespread famine in poor countries, need fundamental change in order to ...
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HealthNewsHealth authorities fear increase in measles cases as pandemic disrupted vaccine campaigns against measles, which killed 207,500 people in 2019
New York/Geneva/Atlanta, November 12 – Measles claimed 207,500 lives in 2019, prompting the WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to warn ...
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HealthNewsUPDATE: Pfizer and Moderna lead drug makers with over 90-per-cent effective vaccines; rich nations rush to buy massive amount of doses and prepare distribution
New York, November 16 – The US drug maker Moderna has joined the team Pfizer-BioNTech to claim that their Covid-19 vaccines have successfully passed trials ...
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HealthNewsCovid-19 has infected 50 million people, killed over 1.2 million but its long-term effects are unknown, WHO says
Geneva/New York, November 9 – The World Health Organization said only “science, solutions and solidarity” can help the world fight Covid-19, which has already infected ...
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NewsUNESCO: End impunity for crimes against journalists; 1,200 journalists killed since 2006 while reporting news; others tortured and imprisoned
Paris/New York, November 2 – Close to 1,200 journalists were killed between 2006 and 2019 while they carried out the task of reporting news to ...
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HealthNewsEscaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: Experts Warn Worse Crises to Come, Options Offered to Reduce Risk
Highlights: Intergovernmental Council on Pandemic Prevention; Addressing risk drivers including deforestation & wildlife trade; Tax high pandemic-risk activities 540,000 – 850,000 unknown viruses in nature could still infect ...
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NewsTreaty banning nuclear weapons to enter into force without the support of nuclear powers
New York. October 26 – An international treaty banning nuclear weapons the world has been awaiting in the past 75 years will finally enter into ...
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NewsWHO, Wikimedia Foundation team up to expand public access to trusted Covid information
Geneva/New York, October 22 – The World Health Organization and Wikimedia Foundation announced join efforts to defeat widespread misinformation online while people worldwide need facts ...
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NewsUN: Program promoting gender equality in the workforce failed after 25 years
New York, October 21 – The United Nations has admitted that a much celebrated program adopted 25 years ago to bring working-age women into the ...
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NewsA basic daily meal is beyond the reach of the poor as Covid has compounded problems caused by conflict, climate change and economic woes
New York, October 17 – A simple daily meal of rice and beans may cost $1.25 in New York but it costs $399.82 for a ...
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NewsTechnologyData experts to discuss new demands for global, trusted and reliable data serving a changing world under the pandemic
New York, October 14 – Over 5,000 data experts will take part in a three-day workshop organized by the United Nations World Data Forum to ...
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NewsUN wins Nobel Peace Prize for global food program during conflict and pandemic
Oslo/New York, October 9 – The United Nations World Food Program has won this year’s coveted Nobel Peace Prize for its intensified efforts to provide ...
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