AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/europe-united-nations-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-us-news-2f4b32fa27c511fe9488d36d7dd0875fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/europe-united-nations-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-us-news-2f4b32fa27c511fe9488d36d7dd0875fClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief said Wednesday he hopes the United States will reconsider its freeze in funding for his agency and vowed to keep working on “saving lives” despite calls from some U.S. lawmakers for his resignation.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he hopes the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/europe-united-nations-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-us-news-2f4b32fa27c511fe9488d36d7dd0875fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/europe-united-nations-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-us-news-2f4b32fa27c511fe9488d36d7dd0875fClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief said Wednesday he hopes the United States will reconsider its freeze in funding for his agency and vowed to keep working on “saving lives” despite calls from some U.S. lawmakers for his resignation.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he hopes the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/who-report-animals-source-covid-19-coronavirus-8a839c179c330c56fa46a763b7286a7fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/who-report-animals-source-covid-19-coronavirus-8a839c179c330c56fa46a763b7286a7fClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press.The findings offer little new insight...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/who-report-animals-source-covid-19-coronavirus-8a839c179c330c56fa46a763b7286a7fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/who-report-animals-source-covid-19-coronavirus-8a839c179c330c56fa46a763b7286a7fClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press.The findings offer little new insight...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/who-report-animals-source-covid-19-coronavirus-8a839c179c330c56fa46a763b7286a7fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/who-report-animals-source-covid-19-coronavirus-8a839c179c330c56fa46a763b7286a7fClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press.The findings offer little new insight...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/who-report-animals-source-covid-19-coronavirus-8a839c179c330c56fa46a763b7286a7fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/who-report-animals-source-covid-19-coronavirus-8a839c179c330c56fa46a763b7286a7fClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press.The findings offer little new insight...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/intellectual-property-coronavirus-pandemic-business-global-trade-health-c2f1ba1e6e150dc6c081b8eb6fe4f1e5Click to copyZeke MillerZeke is AP's chief White House correspondenthttps://apnews.com/article/intellectual-property-coronavirus-pandemic-business-global-trade-health-c2f1ba1e6e150dc6c081b8eb6fe4f1e5Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic, a shift that puts the U.S. alongside many in the developing...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/intellectual-property-coronavirus-pandemic-business-global-trade-health-c2f1ba1e6e150dc6c081b8eb6fe4f1e5Click to copyZeke MillerZeke is AP's chief White House correspondenthttps://apnews.com/article/intellectual-property-coronavirus-pandemic-business-global-trade-health-c2f1ba1e6e150dc6c081b8eb6fe4f1e5Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic, a shift that puts the U.S. alongside many in the developing...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/business-global-trade-coronavirus-pandemic-geneva-505a93d0f87fabc2e60274aef10ffc68Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/business-global-trade-coronavirus-pandemic-geneva-505a93d0f87fabc2e60274aef10ffc68Click to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — The new head of the World Trade Organization called Monday for a “technology transfer” when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and urged member nations to reach a deal to reduce overfishing after years of fruitless talks as she laid out her top priorities after taking office.Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/business-global-trade-coronavirus-pandemic-geneva-505a93d0f87fabc2e60274aef10ffc68Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/business-global-trade-coronavirus-pandemic-geneva-505a93d0f87fabc2e60274aef10ffc68Click to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — The new head of the World Trade Organization called Monday for a “technology transfer” when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and urged member nations to reach a deal to reduce overfishing after years of fruitless talks as she laid out her top priorities after taking office.Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/who-experts-astrazeneca-vaccine-385626cd46e68d430db783b284401428Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/who-experts-astrazeneca-vaccine-385626cd46e68d430db783b284401428Click to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — Independent experts advising the World Health Organization about immunization on Wednesday recommended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine even in countries that turned up worrying coronavirus variants in their populations.The WHO experts’ advice is used by health care officials worldwide, but doesn’t amount to a green light for the United Nations and...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/who-experts-astrazeneca-vaccine-385626cd46e68d430db783b284401428Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/who-experts-astrazeneca-vaccine-385626cd46e68d430db783b284401428Click to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — Independent experts advising the World Health Organization about immunization on Wednesday recommended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine even in countries that turned up worrying coronavirus variants in their populations.The WHO experts’ advice is used by health care officials worldwide, but doesn’t amount to a green light for the United Nations and...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/africa-libya-geneva-national-elections-elections-1cbd6ed3ae6bd62bf3e4cc97bed48b4cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/africa-libya-geneva-national-elections-elections-1cbd6ed3ae6bd62bf3e4cc97bed48b4cClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — Delegates from Libya’s warring factions on Friday selected four leaders to guide the North African country through to national elections in December in a major — if uncertain — step toward unifying a nation with two separate governments in the east and west.In what could become a landmark achievement to end one of the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/africa-libya-geneva-national-elections-elections-1cbd6ed3ae6bd62bf3e4cc97bed48b4cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/africa-libya-geneva-national-elections-elections-1cbd6ed3ae6bd62bf3e4cc97bed48b4cClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — Delegates from Libya’s warring factions on Friday selected four leaders to guide the North African country through to national elections in December in a major — if uncertain — step toward unifying a nation with two separate governments in the east and west.In what could become a landmark achievement to end one of the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-geneva-5670593f4f3fd55113a9dea64b4bdc9dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/united-nations-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-geneva-5670593f4f3fd55113a9dea64b4bdc9dClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief on Monday lambasted drugmakers’ profits and vaccine inequalities, saying it’s “not right” that younger, healthier adults in wealthy countries get vaccinated against COVID-19 before older people or health care workers in poorer countries and charging that...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-geneva-5670593f4f3fd55113a9dea64b4bdc9dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/united-nations-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-geneva-5670593f4f3fd55113a9dea64b4bdc9dClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief on Monday lambasted drugmakers’ profits and vaccine inequalities, saying it’s “not right” that younger, healthier adults in wealthy countries get vaccinated against COVID-19 before older people or health care workers in poorer countries and charging that...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/israel-geneva-trials-lansana-conte-guinea-7002934bd51b7b28231030e124c2560bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/israel-geneva-trials-lansana-conte-guinea-7002934bd51b7b28231030e124c2560bClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — Israeli diamond and minerals magnate Beny Steinmetz went on trial in Switzerland on Monday on charges of corruption and forging documents in an alleged bid to win lavish iron ore mining concessions in Guinea by paying millions to a former wife of late President Lansana Conte.Steinmetz, 64, the only one of three defendants present...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/israel-geneva-trials-lansana-conte-guinea-7002934bd51b7b28231030e124c2560bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/israel-geneva-trials-lansana-conte-guinea-7002934bd51b7b28231030e124c2560bClick to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — Israeli diamond and minerals magnate Beny Steinmetz went on trial in Switzerland on Monday on charges of corruption and forging documents in an alleged bid to win lavish iron ore mining concessions in Guinea by paying millions to a former wife of late President Lansana Conte.Steinmetz, 64, the only one of three defendants present...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-geneva-b9e731d643ff0ac878939f08752badc9Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-geneva-b9e731d643ff0ac878939f08752badc9Click to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief appealed on Friday to makers of COVID-19 vaccines and the wealthier countries buying them to “stop making bilateral deals,” saying they hurt a U.N.-backed effort to widen access to the jabs.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 42 countries are now rolling out such vaccines, mostly high-income and a...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-geneva-b9e731d643ff0ac878939f08752badc9Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-geneva-b9e731d643ff0ac878939f08752badc9Click to copyRelated topicsGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief appealed on Friday to makers of COVID-19 vaccines and the wealthier countries buying them to “stop making bilateral deals,” saying they hurt a U.N.-backed effort to widen access to the jabs.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 42 countries are now rolling out such vaccines, mostly high-income and a...WW…