Tag: united-nations
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WHO chief going to the Olympics, says Zika risk low
The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and manageable, the chief of the World Health Organization said on Friday, a week before the event kicks off in Rio de Janeiro. Worries about security, the Zika virus and an economic crisis could deter travelers, with just under a third of…
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UN suspends aid in Nigeria’s Borno state after attack on convoy
The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, the former stronghold of jihadists Boko Haram, after a humanitarian convoy was attacked, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday. UNICEF said in a statement that unknown assailants attacked the convoy on Thursday as it returned to Maiduguri from delivering…
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Djokovic urges wider concern over Zika
By Pritha Sarkar PARIS (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic urged people to think about Brazilians who are having to live with the Zika outbreak on a daily basis rather than worrying about how the situation might affect those traveling to the country for the Rio Olympics in August. The World Health Organization (WHO) rejected a call…
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Djokovic urges wider concern over Zika
By Pritha Sarkar PARIS (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic urged people to think about Brazilians who are having to live with the Zika outbreak on a daily basis rather than worrying about how the situation might affect those traveling to the country for the Rio Olympics in August. The World Health Organization (WHO) rejected a call…
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U.N. urges Greece to improve conditions for transferred refugees
Refugees removed from a makeshift Greek camp near the Macedonian border have been taken to sites with “sub-standard conditions” in derelict buildings with insufficient food, water, toilets and showers, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. The U.N. agency, the UNHCR, said refugees removed by bus from Idomeni had received little information about conditions…
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96-year-old Heimlich uses namesake maneuver on choking woman
CINCINNATI (AP) — Henry Heimlich, a 96-year-old surgeon credited with developing his namesake Heimlich maneuver, has used the emergency technique for the first time himself to save a woman choking on food at his senior living center.
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U.S. to feed half a million Zimbabweans until October after drought
Nearly half a million Zimbabweans will continue to receive food aid for another six months after the United States provided an extra $20 million to help ease hunger in twelve of the country's districts hit by the worst drought in a generation. An El Nino-induced drought, that has hit Southern Africa and cut the output…
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Norway violated mass killer Breivik’s human rights, court rules
By Gwladys Fouche and Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) – Norway violated mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's human rights by keeping him in isolation in prison after being sentenced for killing 77 people in twin attacks in 2011, a Norwegian court ruled on Wednesday. Breivik took Norwegian authorities to court in March, accusing them of exposing…
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Nearly 87 million children under seven live in conflict zones, brains not developing: UNICEF
Nearly 87 million children around the world under seven years of age have been growing up in conflict zones, in conditions that can hinder the development of their brains, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday. Exposure to extreme trauma may hinder the development of brain cell connections, essential for health, emotional wellbeing…
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Denmark tops global ‘happy’ index, Burundi at bottom
Denmark, closely followed by Switzerland, is again the happiest country in the world while crisis-torn Syria and Burundi are the most miserable, according to a global ranking released Wednesday. The 2016 World Happiness Report seeks to quantify happiness as a means of making societies healthier and more efficient. The United Nations published the first such…