WHO's chief offered a tentative timetable for subduing the pandemic in less than two years if nations can pull together in fighting it.
GENEVA (AN) — World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus offered a tentative timetable on Friday for ending the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years if nations can pull together in fighting it.
Tedros expressed his hope the pandemic might be brought under control and eliminated in less time than it took the world to stop the influenza pandemic that lasted from February 1918 to April 1920.
Urgent early warning systems and urban heat protections are needed with extreme heat events becoming more frequent.
A new report from the U.N. weather agency shows Asia has been heating up nearly twice as fast as the global average.
Much of the financial angst this year was caused by the absence and impending withdrawal of the United States.
The head of the International Peace Institute praised the treaty negotiators for their 'amazing' critical problem-solving.
Urgent early warning systems and urban heat protections are needed with extreme heat events becoming more frequent.
The reduction in support and services it can deliver is expected to drop to about $50 billion across the U.N. system.
The summit was dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump's first appearance at the world's largest alliance since 2019.
A new report from the U.N. weather agency shows Asia has been heating up nearly twice as fast as the global average.
