WHO to Covid cases-rising areas: Stay the Course

GENEVA – A senior World Health Organization (WHO) doctor warned on Wednesday of a worrisome rise in…

Pandemic to end early 2022 – WHO official

DENMARK, Copenhagen – The World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Europe on Sunday said he believes…

Pfizer vaccine effective against UK, SA strains

ANKARA – The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is effective against the South African and United Kingdom variants of…

UN Human Rights Council slates special session on Myanmar

GENEVA – The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) said it is to hold a special session…

Rich countries at risk of their own vaccine nationalism

ANKARA – The world’s richest countries would do well to hurry in supplying and distributing vaccines against the…

Thousands protest against military coup in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar – Tens of thousands of protestors and demonstrators, mostly young people, have staged four separate…