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A critical bottleneck in controlling the expanding Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has emerged due to severe shortages of trained personnel, operational partners, and financial resources. According to technical briefings from the World Health Organization, the

YAOUNDE: The World Trade Organization’s 14th ministerial conference ended early Monday without agreement on extending the long-running moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions, a lapse that sharpened questions about the body’s ability to update trade rules and advance wider

NEW YORK: Gold prices fell on Tuesday as a firmer U.S. dollar weighed on bullion in a session marked by thin liquidity. Spot gold was down 0.8% at $4,953.90 an ounce by 0345 GMT, after falling about 1% earlier in

GENEVA: The World Health Organization has granted prequalification to an additional novel oral polio vaccine type 2, expanding the pool of quality assured vaccines that can be bought for international immunization programmes and deployed in outbreak settings. WHO said the

GENEVA: China criticized the United States for withdrawing from the World Health Organization, telling a meeting of the WHO Executive Board that countries should not place domestic politics ahead of international law as member states consider how to handle the

MENA Newswire News Desk: Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a stern call for restraint from all nations in response to growing tensions in the Middle East. Türk emphasized the need for immediate action to