WTO has long deadlocked over a proposed annual waiver of parts of a major intellectual property agreement.
The United States refuses to agree to patent waivers for COVID-19 tests and treatments this year, saying more information is needed to make a sound decision.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced its support on Tuesday for trade ministers putting off a decision on the World Trade Organization's long-running debate over a waiver for some intellectual property protections.
Record heat and rightward political shifts toward nationalist self-interest undermine efforts to cut fossil fuel dependence.
WHO's emergency moves follow months of warnings the U.N. health agency faces severe impacts if U.S. funding dries up.
The process of forcing the United States to withdraw from the Paris climate treaty and WHO will take a year to complete.
The U.N. weather agency says the Paris Agreement's long-term temperature goal is "not yet dead but in grave danger."
The Trump administration's erosion of U.S. policy as Europe's main protector played out in a series of U.N. votes on Ukraine.
The coalition Merz forms will greatly influence his ability to govern the country or to strengthen multilateral institutions.
Trump's embrace of Putin and contempt for long-established transatlantic ties is an existential crisis for Europe and NATO.
More than 30 years later, Ukraine is fighting for its survival as it laments the Budapest Memorandum's broken promises.
