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WHO Faces Budget Cuts After US Withdrawal Decision

WHO Faces Budget Cuts After US Withdrawal Decision

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The World Health Organization (WHO) must reduce its budget by a fifth following the USA's decision to leave the UN agency, according to an internal email that the news agency AFP has taken part of.

Burnout syndrome to be removed: "I think it will get better"

Burnout syndrome to be removed: "I think it will get better"

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Tens of thousands of people are sick-listed every year for burnout syndrome. Now the diagnosis is disappearing

Sharp increase in measles - highest in 25 years

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Sharp increase in measles - highest in 25 years

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100,000 may die from malaria as US cuts aid

100,000 may die from malaria as US cuts aid

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No disease in Africa is deadlier than malaria – especially for children. But Donald Trump's cuts in US aid are weakening the fight against the infection, experts warn

Expert meeting in the USA on vaccines cancelled

Expert meeting in the USA on vaccines cancelled

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The US drug authority FDA has unexpectedly cancelled a meeting with experts, where next year's influenza vaccine was to be discussed.

The Alarm: Unknown Disease in Congo Kills Quickly

The Alarm: Unknown Disease in Congo Kills Quickly

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Over 50 people in Congo-Kinshasa have died from a still unknown disease, reports the World Health Organization (WHO) and doctors in the country.

Polio Vaccination Resumes in Gaza

Polio Vaccination Resumes in Gaza

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Trump's New World Order: Might Makes Right

Trump's New World Order: Might Makes Right

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Donald Trump's USA is threatening to take over territories, severing ties to UN agencies, shutting out negotiating partners and intimidating with punitive tariffs. Much suggests that we are heading into a new, transactional world order where the strong have advantages

Trump's New World Order: Might is Right

Trump's New World Order: Might is Right

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Donald Trump's USA is threatening to take over territories, severing ties to UN agencies and intimidating with punitive tariffs. Much suggests that we are heading into a new, transactional world order where the strong have advantages

Men fight against female genital mutilation of girls

Men fight against female genital mutilation of girls

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The number of girls and women who have been subjected to genital mutilation has increased by 15 percent in recent years, despite great efforts against it. In several places, parents are fighting against the tradition

UN condemns Rwanda's support to M23 militia

UN condemns Rwanda's support to M23 militia

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The UN Human Rights Council condemns Rwanda's support to rebel militias in eastern Congo-Kinshasa and will establish an expert group to investigate human rights violations.

Argentina Leaves the World Health Organization

Argentina Leaves the World Health Organization

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Argentina is withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO), announces a spokesperson for President Javier Milei.

Men fight against female genital mutilation of girls

Men fight against female genital mutilation of girls

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The number of girls and women who have been subjected to genital mutilation has increased by 15 percent in recent years, despite great efforts against it. In many places, parents are fighting against the tradition

UN: New Emergency Transports in Gaza – the Need is Enormous

UN: New Emergency Transports in Gaza – the Need is Enormous

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Two UN agencies warn that the need for emergency aid to Gaza is "enormous", despite the number of aid transports having increased significantly after the ceasefire between Israel and terrorist-stamped Hamas.

Hundreds dead as rebels advance

Hundreds dead as rebels advance

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The UN warns of executions and sexual violence as the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 advances in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the city of Goma alone, several hundred people have been killed in the past week

The Doctor: Covid Made Me a Different Person

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The Doctor: Covid Made Me a Different Person

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Intensive care staff in 12-hour shifts far from home and relatives who were denied visits to dying family members. The Covid pandemic, which came to Sweden exactly five years ago, has left its mark on those who toiled in healthcare

USA backs down on acute humanitarian aid

USA backs down on acute humanitarian aid

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The USA's Foreign Minister Marco Rubio issues more exemptions from President Donald Trump's previous comprehensive stop on payments of foreign aid.

Men grow faster than women

Men grow faster than women

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Men have pulled away and are growing increasingly larger compared to women, according to a new study. The increase is driven by a higher standard of living – but also "the sexy and impressive male body", claim the researchers

Polluted Air Forces Bangkok to Close Schools

Polluted Air Forces Bangkok to Close Schools

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More than 250 schools in Thailand's capital Bangkok have been forced to close as smog makes it impossible to teach.

Building Walls and Two Genders: These Are Trump's First Decisions

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Building Walls and Two Genders: These Are Trump's First Decisions

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Within the span of a few hours, the USA's new president Donald Trump had torn up 78 of his predecessor's decisions and signed a number of new orders. Here are some of the most talked-about – as well as the installation day's most debated snack

Trump pardons convicted individuals for storming of the Capitol

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Trump pardons convicted individuals for storming of the Capitol

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Donald Trump has returned to the White House and signed his first orders as the 47th President of the USA. The first day, he pardoned all his supporters who were convicted and imprisoned in connection with the congressional storming

Marburg virus outbreak confirmed in Tanzania

Marburg virus outbreak confirmed in Tanzania

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UN: Over 630 trucks to Gaza

UN: Over 630 trucks to Gaza

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More than 630 trucks with humanitarian aid entered the besieged Gaza Strip on the first day of the ceasefire, according to the UN's disaster relief organization, Ocha. At least 300 of them have reached northern Gaza

Five years since the first death with covid-19

Five years since the first death with covid-19

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It has now been five years since the world heard that a person had died from covid-19.