UN News - The global economy is set to slow down this year before bouncing back in 2024, a senior official with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, citing China’s sudden re-opening following the end of its “zero-COVID” policy, and a mild winter, in
Media Release - No earthquake, drought or hurricane in recorded history has claimed more lives than the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the world’s largest disaster response network, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The shocking death toll—estimated at more than
UN News - The head of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that now is not the time to declare the pandemic over. Tedros’s decision follows the advice offered at the latest coronavirus Emergency Committee meeting last Friday, held at the
The United States and the European Union announced an agreement to accelerate and improve the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting, and the electric grid. When discussing the initiative shortly before its official announcement, a senior US administration official referred
Hopes are up following Bahamian Prime Minister and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chair Philip Davis’s trip to Washington last week, as this seems to signal the "reengagement" of the United States to the region. In an analysis by Wazim Mowla, Associate Director of Caribbean Initiative, while the
Following the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last week, Labour leader Chris Hipkins was sworn in as New Zealand's prime minister in a formal ceremony on Wednesday, January 25. On Sunday, the Labour Party chose former COVID-19 Response and Police Minister Hipkins, 44, to
UN News - Commitments made last year at a landmark UN conference to transform education globally must be translated into action, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message to mark the International Day of Education. He called for countries to deliver education systems “that can support equal societies, dynamic economies
UN News - Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from its harmful impacts, thus increasing their risk of heart disease and death, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Industrially produced trans fat – commonly found in packaged
UN News - China is “making enormous progress and effort” to get every older adult vaccinated against COVID-19, the UN health agency said, while also cautioning that it will take time to protect everyone. Dr. Kate O’Brien from the World Health Organization (WHO) explained that the
UN News - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing and use of effective novel vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), the second-leading infectious killer after COVID-19 and the 13th leading cause of death worldwide. Tedros announced the
