Nearly 10,000 Died From COVID-19 Last Month, Fueled by Holiday Gatherings and New Variant, WHO Says
The head of the U.N. health agency said holiday gatherings and global spread led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month.
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Duke’s Ashley Ward Reflects on COP28 — The UN Climate Conference
Nearly 100,000 participants and 4,000 journalists attended COP28 earlier for two weeks in...
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5 Big Promises Made at Annual UN Climate Talks and What Has Happened Since
Written by GAURAV SAINI and SIBI ARASU When United Nations climate talks wrap up at some point...
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US Vetoes UN Resolution Backed by Many Nations Demanding Immediate Humanitarian Cease-Fire in Gaza
Written by EDITH M. LEDERER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER The United States vetoed a United Nations...
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The Resumption of the Israel-Hamas War Casts Long Shadow Over Dubai’s COP28 Climate Talks
Written by JON GAMBRELL and MALAK HARB As world leaders gathered for the COP28 climate summit in...
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Precious Water: As More of the World Thirsts, Luxury Water Becoming Fashionable Among the Elite
Written by MARTHA IRVINE and DAR YASIN Monsoon rains have finally passed and floods blocking the...
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What Is Gaza’s Ministry of Health and How Does It Calculate the War’s Death Toll?
Written by ISABEL DEBRE How many Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war...
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Humanitarian Aid Is Stuck at Gaza-Egypt Border as Israeli Siege Strains Hospitals, Water Supply
Written by NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB AND JOSEPH KRAUSS Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into...
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What to Know as Israel Declares War, Bombards Gaza Strip after Unprecedented Hamas Attack
Written by ISABEL DEBRE The Israeli government promised Monday to hunt down Hamas fighters and to...
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Many Powerful Leaders Skipped the UN This Year. That Created Space for Emerging Voices To Rise
Written by TED ANTHONY Togo’s foreign minister wasn’t having any of it. He talked of an...
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