The global health organization said it plans to hold a closed-door election to replace Dr. Takeshi Kasai in October.
GENEVA (AN) — The World Health Organization fired the director of its Western Pacific Region for misconduct, after investigating dozens of staffers' allegations.
WHO announced Dr. Takeshi Kasai's termination Wednesday, almost a year and a half after staff members filed a bullying complaint, first reported by the Associated Press last year, alleging he behaved in a racist, abusive and unethical manner that potentially undermined the U.N. health agency's COVID-19 pandemic response.
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.
