The Geneva meeting sets the programme for the U.N. agency this year – as well as its future budget – with the WHO facing two key challenges: a world that expects ever more from its leading health body ...

The world is “dangerously unprepared” for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, calling on countries to ...

Despite bright sunshine and blue skies in keeping with our reputation for mild winters, the Algarve, along with all 17 other ...

China said that it reserved the right to "take further actions" and criticized the U.S. for "an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice." ...

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Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) go to outstanding researchers and provide funding worth millions. At the ...

Zeng also said dams had a role to play in easing drought. “China’s nationwide drought last year was very rare. Poyang Lake [the country’s largest freshwater lake] also dried up, affecting fa ...

Considering the cause of the recent clusters in Beijing, it is expected that China will strictly control “training activity gatherings” (including various large-scale conferences), and strengthen the ...

In the face of a drought, many are wondering how we have so many gorgeous, green golf courses across the Valley when water is at a premium. North of Pinal County's dusty fields, an industry that ...