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World falling dangerously short of climate goals: UN
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» PARIS - A world facing catastrophic climate change is perilously off course in meeting goals for slashing carbon pollution and boosting finance for the developing world, according to the UN's first official progress report out Friday.
‘Get him!’ US soldier’s dash to North Korea recalled
AFP, Published on 21/07/2023
» SEOUL: When a member of a tour group visiting the Demilitarized Zone on South Korea's border suddenly sprinted away from the pack, a US soldier shouted: "Get him!" But it was too late.
US soldier who crossed into North Korea had served time in S Korean jail: official
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» SEOUL - A US soldier who served around two months in a South Korean jail on assault charges was believed to be in North Korean custody Wednesday after crossing the heavily fortified border without authorisation, officials said.
US national crosses into North Korea
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» SEOUL: A United States national entered North Korea during a tour of the heavily fortified border and is believed to have been detained, the United Nations Command said on Tuesday.
Critics say pandemic treaty text is 'step backwards'
AFP, Published on 30/05/2023
» GENEVA: As negotiations towards a new pandemic treaty pick up pace, observers warn of watered-down efforts to ensure equitable access to the medical products needed to battle future Covid-like threats.
Covid no longer a global health emergency: WHO
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» GENEVA - The Covid-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday, warning that the threat remained.
From Colombia or Haiti, migrants' long road ends in Canada
AFP, Published on 11/03/2023
» CHAMPLAIN (UNITED STATES) - For exhausted migrants, a small stretch of snow-covered road is the last step in a long journey to a new life in Canada. Some drag heavy suitcases, others carry all their worldly belongings in small plastic bags.
Putin hurts arms control but nuclear risk remote: experts
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» PARIS - Russia's step back from a key arms control treaty is a blow to efforts to cap nuclear stockpiles, but does not immediately heighten the risk of nuclear war, experts said Tuesday.
Finnish fur farm horror caught on video as industry fights ban
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» HELSINKI: Obese, infection-ridden foxes trapped in small cages; cubs feeding on their dead siblings: footage filmed by an animal rights group paints a shocking picture of fur farming in Finland.
Pandemic treaty plans thrashed out at WHO
AFP, Published on 07/12/2022
» GENEVA - Negotiators are meeting in Geneva this week to thrash out a pandemic treaty aimed at ensuring the flaws that turned Covid-19 into a global crisis could never happen again.