Tom Miles
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In a globalized war on disease, the populists are deserters
I keep hearing that COVID-19 is the final nail in the coffin of globalization. I am not convinced. In fact, if there is any justice, the disastrous mishandling of the outbreak should end the era of… → Read More
A Silver Lining for COVID-19?
The world is overdue a pandemic. As terrible as COVID-19 is, it is giving us invaluable lessons for when an even worse one hits. → Read More
WHO says e-cigarettes, 'smoke-free' products do not help reduce cancer
Electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products are not helping fight cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, urging smokers and governments not to trust claims from cigarette firms about their latest products. → Read More
Europe's record heatwave threatens Greenland ice sheet
The hot air that smashed European weather records this week looks set to move towards Greenland and could cause record melting of the world's second largest ice sheet, the United Nations said on Friday. → Read More
115 feared dead after worst Mediterranean shipwreck of the year
About 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya, a Libyan navy official said on Thursday. → Read More
EU, Canada agree first workaround to avoid U.S. block on WTO judges
Canada and the European Union announced a deal on Thursday to stop their trade disputes falling into limbo at the World Trade Organization, where a U.S. block on appointments of judges will paralyze the world's top trade court from December. → Read More
Japan and South Korea clash at WTO over trade row
South Korea tried to bring international pressure to bear on Japan by airing its complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday, the latest move in a festering dispute that has seen Washington's two biggest Asian allies lobbing accusations at each other. → Read More
Congo Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda, says WHO
A fishmonger who died of Ebola this week probably carried the virus from Congo into both Rwanda and Uganda, the World Health Organization said, as health workers struggled to track down people she could have infected. → Read More
WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify
GENEVA - The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared Congo's Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, sounding a rarely used global alarm after the virus threatened to spread to a major city and into neighboring countries. → Read More
Congolese cross-border trader's Ebola death fuels Uganda outbreak fears
A Congolese woman who died of Ebola this month vomited four times in a Ugandan market after crossing the border days earlier to sell fish, the WHO said, fuelling fears that the virus may be spreading beyond Democratic Republic of Congo. → Read More
Britain tells Canada and France to pull their weight on Ebola
Britain's international development minister Rory Stewart called on France and Canada on Monday to offer more help in tackling the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. → Read More
Saudi Arabia and Russia among 37 states backing China's Xinjiang policy
Saudi Arabia, Russia and 35 other states have written to the United Nations supporting China's policies in its western region of Xinjiang, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters on Friday, in contrast to strong Western criticism. → Read More
Follow our model for 'happy' Xinjiang, China tells West
China said on Thursday its treatment of ethnic Muslims in "happy" and "secure" Xinjiang region was a model for other nations to follow despite a bombardment of Western criticism. → Read More
Japan denies imposing South Korean trade embargo at WTO
Japan denied imposing a trade embargo on South Korea on Tuesday, after a complicated diplomatic dispute that could disrupt global supplies of chips and smartphones erupted over forced labor in World War Two and banned trade with North Korea. → Read More
WHO keeps key lung cancer drugs off its essential medicines list
Immunotherapies that have emerged as a breakthrough in treating lung cancer have been rejected for inclusion on the World Health Organization's list of "essential medicines", which received a biennial update on Tuesday. → Read More
U.N. says Libyan guards reportedly shot at migrants fleeing air strikes
The United Nations said on Thursday it had information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants trying to flee from air strikes that killed at least 53 people, including six children, in a migrant detention center. → Read More
U.N.'s Bachelet says Sudan protests biggest yet, time for transition
Sudanese authorities must ensure a swift transition to a civilian government, as desired by large segments of the population and the African Union, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement on Wednesday. → Read More
UN draft text on digital rights avoids call for spyware moratorium
GENEVA - UN member states are set to sidestep a call for a moratorium on commercial spyware, deciding instead to commission a study of how digital technology affects human rights, according to a draft UN human rights resolution seen by Reuters. → Read More
Top official says timid U.N. 'tribe' must assert itself amid political nonsense
The United Nations must drop its bureaucratic timidity and stand up to its member states if it is to tackle global problems, a top U.N. official told Reuters in an interview. → Read More
U.N. looks for U.S.-Russia understanding to spur Syria peace process
"A deeper understanding" between Russia and the United States is needed to move the Syrian peace process forward, U.N. Syria envoy Geir Pedersen said in an interview published on Thursday. → Read More