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NATO Reacts after Moscow Puts Major Nuclear Accord on Ice
Russia should reconsider its decision to suspend the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the US, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said. This comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow was withdrawing from the last remaining nuclear accord with Washington earlier on Tuesday. “I regret the decision by Russia to suspend its participation in a New START program,” Stoltenberg told a press conference. “More nuclear weapons and less ...
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WHO Calls Urgent Meeting on Killer Virus
The World Health Organization (WHO) has convened to discuss a new outbreak of a highly infectious virus in Central Africa, looking at several vaccine candidates that could potentially stop the pathogen that causes hemorrhagic fever with a fatality rate of up to 88%. WHO officials held an “urgent” meeting on Tuesday to review the Marburg virus now spreading in Equatorial Guinea, where at least nine people have lost their lives to the ...
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NATO Promises More Heavy Weapons for Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday that Ukraine would receive more “heavy warfare equipment” from the West in “the near future.” The UK has already pledged tanks to the country, and Germany is under pressure to follow suit. A US-led ‘contact group’ for arming Ukraine will meet on Friday. 'We are in a crucial phase of the war,” Stoltenberg told Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper on Sunday, days after Ukraine lost the ...
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Senior EU, UN Officials Call for Probe into Israeli Killing of Palestinian Youth
Senior officials from the EU and the United Nations called for a probe into the killing of a Palestinian youth by Israeli forces in a town near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The UN official and the European Union’s foreign policy chief have expressed shock and horror at the brutal killing. The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said on Friday that he was ...
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Russian Resignation Allegedly Unblocks Key UNESCO Committee: Source
A diplomatic source told AFP that the resignation of Russia's Ambassador to UNESCO will allegedly end the deadlock in a key group he chaired that is charged with preserving cultural sites around the world. The World Heritage Committee, responsible for adding properties to UNESCO's list of world heritage sites, had been unable to function for months after the start of the Ukraine war. 'I have the honor to inform you of the ...
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World Population Hits 8 Billion: UN
A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations. 'The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity's shared responsibility for the planet,' UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. The UN attributes the growth to human development, with people living longer thanks to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine. It is ...
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UNGA Approves Russian Draft Resolution to Combat Nazism, Racism
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee passed a Russian draft resolution on Friday aimed at combating the glorification of Nazism, gaining a 105-52 vote with 15 abstentions. The UNGA adopts this resolution on an annual basis; once it is approved by the committee, it must be voted on in the GA in December. The document, titled 'Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of modern ...
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OPEC+ Will Reduce Production by 2 Mln Barrels Daily from November 2022: OPEC
Countries participating in the OPEC+ agreement extended the deal until the end of 2023 and agreed to reduce oil production by 2 mln barrels per day from November, according to the final communique posted on the OPEC’s website. Member-states agreed to 'adjust the frequency of the monthly meetings to become every two months for the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC).' The Committee will have the authority to request ministerial meetings at any ...
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UN Envoy: No Agreement Reached on Truce Extension in Yemen
The UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) published a statement on Sunday in which Special Envoy Hans Grundberg expressed regret over the failure of reaching an agreement for extending and expanding the nationwide truce in Yemen. “The truce that began on 2 April 2022 has offered a truly historic opportunity for Yemen. Building on the positive outcomes of the past six months, I submitted another proposal ...
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