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WHO panel: Monkeypox not a global emergency ‘at this stage’
LONDON — The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored…
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Melting ice could open up an Arctic Sea route not controlled by Russia
The Russia-controlled Northern Sea Route is one of the only ways ships can sail through the Arctic. Melting sea ice…
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UK: 50 new monkeypox cases in biggest epidemic beyond Africa
LONDON — British health officials reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country on Friday, for a total of…
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WHO convenes experts to decide if monkeypox is an emergency
GENEVA — The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak…
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‘Delusional’: UN chief slams new fossil fuel funding and warns of climate chaos
In remarks delivered to the Austrian World Summit in Vienna via video, Antonio Guterres issued a sobering assessment of the…
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UK reports 104 more cases of monkeypox, mostly in men
LONDON — British health officials have detected another 104 cases of monkeypox in England in what has become the biggest…
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British scientists say it’s unclear if monkeypox has peaked
LONDON — British health officials said they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country as…
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Inside the High-Stakes Race to Recover Qaddafi’s Ill-Gotten Billions
On an April morning in Vienna in 2012, a body was spotted floating in the Danube. It did not take…
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WHO: COVID cases and deaths falling nearly everywhere
GENEVA — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East…
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