The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an Emergency Committee to discuss an expanding outbreak of a dangerous strain of mpox in Sub-Saharan Africa, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. The Emergency Committee consist…
WHO prepares polio vaccine campaign in Gaza, calls for ceasefire
The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to vaccinate 600,000 children under the age of 8 in Gaza against polio, its Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. Tedros was speaking after traces of the debilitating disease were…
WHO to convene emergency panel over mpox strain spreading in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an Emergency Committee to discuss an expanding outbreak of a dangerous strain of mpox in Sub-Saharan Africa, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. The Emergency Committee consist…
Interim government to be sworn in in Dhaka as Nobel laureate returns
The interim Bangladeshi government, to be headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, is likely to be sworn in on Thursday night, Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said at a media briefing aired live on Wednesday in the capital Dhaka. Bangladeshi Presiden…
Report: Police probe after cab driver charges 100 times the meter fee
French police have reportedly started a fraud investigation against a Paris taxi driver who has bee accused of charging an Olympic official from Qatar €1,499 ($1,639) instead of the €14 shown on the meter. Le Parisien paper said the man paid by credit …
Germany, France slam Israeli minister’s remarks on starvation in Gaza
Germany and France on Wednesday condemned statements by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in which he deplored aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and described starvation as morally justified. “These are completely unacceptable and outrageo…
WHO to convene emergency panel over mpox strain spreading in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an Emergency Committee to discuss an expanding outbreak of a dangerous strain of mpox in Sub-Saharan Africa, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. The Emergency Committee consist…
WHO prepares polio vaccine campaign in Gaza, calls for ceasefire
The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to vaccinate 600,000 children under the age of 8 in Gaza against polio, its Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. Tedros was speaking after traces of the debilitating disease were…
WHO to convene emergency panel over mpox strain spreading in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an Emergency Committee to discuss an expanding outbreak of a dangerous strain of mpox in Sub-Saharan Africa, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. The Emergency Committee consist…
‘No one falls for your act’: GOP lawmaker’s election claim spurs immediate scorn
A Republican senator shared an unsourced Trump Team talking point on social media Wednesday and faced immediate accusations that he had made the whole thing up. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) suggested on X Wednesday morning that a liberal “meltdown” was the …