WHO backs Regeneron COVID-19 drug cocktail – with equal access and price cut
The Regeneron antibody drug cocktail – casirivimab and imdevimab – has been added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of treatments for COVID-19 patients, the UN agency said on...
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‘Building Back Better’: Jordan’s Road to Green Economic Recovery
NEW DELHI, India, Sep 24 (IPS) – For the first time in decades, Jordan’s economy contracted in 2020. COVID-19 took a heavy toll on...
A sharp increase in the deaths and disappearances of migrants at sea heading to Spain’s Canary Islands, along the West African coast, is a...
In his address to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Marcelo Ebrard, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, reaffirmed his country’s commitment against discrimination and hate speech and called for more...
LIVE: World leaders pledge to power humanity with clean energy
How can the world come together to radically change the way it produces and uses energy, as part of efforts to hold back climate...
The head of Libya’s Presidency Council said on Thursday that he will hold an international conference in October to build support for a Libyan-owned...
With the World Banks Doing Business Out of Business, What Should Come Next?
GENEVA, Sep 24 (IPS) – Last week the World Bank announced it was “discontinuing” its “Doing Business” report, which ranks countries on the ease...
The President of Burundi said on Thursday that, 60 years after the country’s independence, “the restoration of peace, security, stability and social cohesion are a reality” in the African nation. ...
International cooperation and solidarity are the only way to combat terrorism, Iraqi President Barham Salih said in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, warning against...
As Haiti continues to reel from the “triple tragedy” of natural disasters, gang violence and the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed...
UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights 
Gaza: At least 20 killed in deadly building collapse, search for survivors continues 
Security Council LIVE: ‘Being a woman is a crime in Afghanistan,’ civil society briefer declares 
AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’s agenda ahead of General Assembly