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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality on Saturday called for wide-ranging efforts to close the gap between men and women in today’s technology-driven world and urged zero tolerance for gender-based violence and harassment online. In a document approved by consensus after all-night negotiations at the end of a two-week meeting, […]
Advisers to the World Health Organization urged China to release all information related to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic Saturday after new findings were briefly shared on an international database used to track pathogens. New sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as additional genomic data based on samples taken from a live animal […]
BRUSSELS — The EU will reveal hotly debated proposals Thursday to boost spending on clean tech, possibly overcoming internal divisions to include nuclear energy in the mix, to confront growing industrial competition from the United States and China. Brussels wants to protect European businesses by prioritizing green technologies, including solar and wind, for more financing and […]
MADRID — Nearly sixty years after one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents, Spain has asked the United States to clean up tens of thousands of cubic meters of radioactive soil and end a controversial chapter of the Cold War. Madrid hopes that improved relations with Washington may make the U.S. honor a promise made in […]
A once quiet border road between the United States and Canada along a stretch of sparsely populated farmland has become the focal point of a domestic argument over national immigration policy. Roxham Road, running between the northern U.S. state of New York and the Canadian province of Quebec, has become the most heavily used street […]
Fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is “extremely intense,” a Ukrainian military official said Tuesday, although little territory has changed hands between Moscow’s and Kyiv’s forces. In his nightly address Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the situation in Bakhmut “is getting more and more complicated.” He said Russian forces are “constantly destroying […]
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of congratulations to Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader on anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Dominican president continued good health and happiness, and the government and people of the Dominican Republic steady progress and prosperity. […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday his nation will be victorious against Russia as the war with the neighboring country entered its second year with no apparent end in sight. “We endured. We were not defeated. And we will do everything to gain victory this year,” Zelenskyy said in a statement released on social media. […]
NAIROBI, KENYA — Researchers in Kenya say they’ve detected an invasive mosquito that can transmit malaria in different climates, threatening progress to fight the parasitic disease. Kenya’s Medical Research Institute this week urged the public to use mosquito nets and clean up areas where mosquitos can breed. Kenya has detected the presence of a new malaria […]
Pope Francis Wednesday noted what he called the “sad anniversary” of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Speaking during his weekly general audience, the pope called the conflict an “absurd and cruel war.” “Let us remain close to the martyred Ukrainian people and ask ourselves: has everything possible been done to stop the war?” the pope […]
