Pablo Tettamanti, deputy foreign minister, Argentina has called for a “better UN” and other multilateral organisations like WTO amid challenges like Covid crisis. The minister is in India for the sixth round of Foreign Office Consultations. Speaking to WION Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Tettamanti said, “We think whole machinery has to be revamped. We…Continue Reading
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 2020.Denis Balibouse | ReutersThe World Health Organization is monitoring a new variant with numerous mutations to the spike protein,…Continue Reading
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Scientists in South Africa have identified a new COVID-19 variant featuring “a very unusual constellation of mutations” that could potentially drive another wave of cases, officials warned on Thursday.Why it matters: The variant, known as B.1.1.529, has so far been found in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong, in a traveler, but could soon spread…Continue Reading
Americans are itching to get back into their holiday traditions this year — including the traditional post-Thanksgiving shopping blitz.Why it matters: Black Friday and Cyber Monday aren’t the seismic economic and cultural events they used to be, and supply-chain issues have put a damper on things this year, but retailers expect shoppers to come back…Continue Reading
People queue outside a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre as the country opens vaccinations for everyone 18 years old and above in Cape Town, South Africa, August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comJERUSALEM, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Israel announced on Thursday it was barring its citizens from travelling to…Continue Reading
Demonstrators run away from a tear gas during a protest against gender-based violence on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Istanbul, Turkey November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Umit BektasRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comISTANBUL, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Riot police fired pepper gas to disperse demonstrators who gathered in Istanbul…Continue Reading
Demonstrators take part in a protest to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Madrid, Spain, November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Juan MedinaRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comMADRID, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Chanting for gender equality and bearing purple banners, thousands of people took to the streets across Spain on…Continue Reading
A social distancing sign is seen amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Leicester, Britain, May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew BoyersRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comLONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) – A newly identified coronavirus variant that has spread in South Africa is the most concerning that British health officials have yet seen…Continue Reading
A migrant girl from Haiti, traveling with her parents, walks outside a stadium while waiting to apply for humanitarian visas issued by Mexican authorities to be able to cross through Mexican territory to reach the U.S. border, in Tapachula, Mexico November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis GonzalezRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comTAPACHULA, Nov 25…Continue Reading