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WHO public health advice regarding the Olympics and Zika virus

Based on current assessment, cancelling or changing the location of the 2016 Olympics will not significantly alter the international spread of Zika virus. Brazil is 1 of almost 60 countries and territories which to date report continuing transmission...

Is Japan Really Going To Do This?

New initiatives emerged in East Asia this month, largely through the efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with consequences that have greatly damaged the ongoing Anglo-American war drive, while opening up the potential for the integration of...

LDCs: UN calls for greater support to least developed countries, adopts new declaration in Turkey

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Participants at the Midterm Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action, in Antalya, Turkey. 27 May...

UK Foreign Secretary in the Gulf to Discuss Countering Daesh and the Yemen Crisis

During the visit, Philip Hammond will meet leaders in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, the United Arab Emirates and Oman to discuss a wide range of regional and international issues, including the vital role that the Gulf countries have in...