Summer setback: COVID deaths and cases rising again globally
COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes...
Summer setback: COVID deaths and cases rising again globally
COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes...
UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore resigns for family health issue
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF with deep regret, praising her...
Immunized but banned: EU says not all COVID vaccines equal
LONDON — After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would be free...
The Weeknd and BTS hope to raise billions for Global Citizen
NEW YORK — The Weeknd, BTS and Billie Eilish will take part in Global Citizen Live, a 24-hour event on Sept. 21 that's intended...
Italy to ban mammoth cruise ships from Venice as of Aug. 1
ROME — Declaring Venice's waterways a “national monument,” Italy is banning mammoth cruise liners from sailing into the lagoon city, which risked being declared...
UN rights boss urges ‘wide range’ of reparations over racism
BERLIN — The U.N. human rights chief on Monday urged countries to “fully fund comprehensive processes" and take “a wide range of reparations measures”...
UN: world hunger was dramatically worse in pandemic year
ROME — The United Nations on Monday lamented what it called a “dramatic worsening" of world hunger last year, saying much of that is...
UN calls for global database of human gene editing research
LONDON — The World Health Organization issued new recommendations Monday on human genome editing, calling for a global registry to track “any form of...