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Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, while acute food insecurity reaches new highs

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Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, while acute food insecurity reaches new highs

globalbihari July 30, 2021

Conflict, COVID-19, climate crisis likely to drive higher levels of acute food insecurity in 23 hunger hotspots...

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Failing to ensure wider access to COVID-19 vaccines could undermine global economic and trade recovery, warns WTO.

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Failing to ensure wider access to COVID-19 vaccines could undermine global economic and trade recovery, warns WTO.

globalbihari July 30, 2021

Geneva: The World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General’s mid-year report on trade-related developments has warned that failing to...

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While defending Wuhan lab, China wants WHO to trace the Coronavirus origins at a lab in Fort Detrick in the USA

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While defending Wuhan lab, China wants WHO to trace the Coronavirus origins at a lab in Fort Detrick in the USA

globalbihari July 29, 2021

Wuhan “Number of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the US could be as high as 65 million...

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After Tianjin talks, Beijing hopes Taliban will never use Afghan territory to engage in acts detrimental to China

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After Tianjin talks, Beijing hopes Taliban will never use Afghan territory to engage in acts detrimental to China

globalbihari July 29, 2021

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Beijing:  On July 28, 2021...

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Only a comprehensive resolution can normalise relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says the USA

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Only a comprehensive resolution can normalise relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says the USA

globalbihari July 29, 2021

Yerevan/Washington DC/New York: The border row between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared up and even as both sides...

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COVID-19 pandemic could have been averted: Former Liberian President who had tackled Ebola outbreak in her country

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COVID-19 pandemic could have been averted: Former Liberian President who had tackled Ebola outbreak in her country

globalbihari July 29, 2021

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says WHO was constrained by IHRs New York:  In order...

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Sharp increase in global deaths due to COVID-19; Delta variant now affects 132 countries

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Sharp increase in global deaths due to COVID-19; Delta variant now affects 132 countries

globalbihari July 28, 2021

Geneva:  The number of deaths reported last week (19-25 July 2021) have increased sharply with over 69...

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China’s construction of nearly 250 new nuclear missile silos has serious implications for international relations, warns FAS blog

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China’s construction of nearly 250 new nuclear missile silos has serious implications for international relations, warns FAS blog

globalbihari July 28, 2021

“The Chinese nuclear modernization is driven by  the nuclear modernization programmes of the United States, India, and...

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Children using e-cigarettes are three times more likely to use tobacco in future, says report

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Children using e-cigarettes are three times more likely to use tobacco in future, says report

globalbihari July 28, 2021

e-Cigarette collection 84 countries have not regulated or restricted sale of e-Cigarettes Geneva: Many countries are making...

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Investigate killing of 13 individuals, OHCHR tells Central African Republic

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Investigate killing of 13 individuals, OHCHR tells Central African Republic

globalbihari July 27, 2021

Geneva: Authorities in the Central African Republic must  thoroughly investigate the killing of 13 individuals whose bodies...

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