
U.N. chief sees 'wind of madness' in world
The U.N. chief warned “a wind of madness is sweeping the globe” from a dangerous surge of instability and unpredictable geopolitical "hair-trigger" tensions.
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The U.N. chief warned “a wind of madness is sweeping the globe” from a dangerous surge of instability and unpredictable geopolitical "hair-trigger" tensions.
Secret cures or vaccines and Chinese biological weapons are some of the bogus social media claims WHO was debunking.
Winston Churchill famously called for a "United States of Europe" in 1946, inspiring future generations to create the economic alliance that led to the E.U.
WHO said the coronavirus outbreak is a global health emergency, after the epidemic first detected in China spread to 7,800 cases and 170 deaths.
The U.N. human rights office acknowledged it suffered a sophisticated cyber attack last year, but said all of its sensitive and confidential data were safe.
Chinese officials agreed to allow WHO's experts to enter as soon as possible and help to combat a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people.
Renewed fighting ended a fragile cease-fire in Libya as U.N. officials urged warring parties to investigate airstrikes that killed at least 53 people last July.
The U.N. migration agency was providing aid and arranging the return home of more than 140 migrants from Honduras.
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U.N. investigators urged an inquiry into the Saudi crown prince's alleged role in hacking the phone of Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
Ioane Teitiota lost his case against deportation, but in its ruling the U.N. Human Rights Committee said people fleeing climate change may claim asylum.
U.S. President Donald Trump and 17-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg seemed to be talking about two entirely different planets at WEF in Davos.
Britain and France recommitted to the Iran nuclear deal despite the U.S. undermining it and Europeans triggering a process that may reimpose sanctions.
The global economy slowed to a 2.3% growth rate last year, its lowest of the decade, from rising trade tensions and slowing investment, UNCTAD said.
More than half of all people reaching adulthood in the early 21st century believe it more likely than not a nuclear attack will occur in the coming decade.
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