Italy plans to place a 50% tax on energy companies for excess income gained due to rising prices, Reuters reports, citing a draft budget Read Full Article at RT.com
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said China should make a greater effort to pressure North Korea to get rid of its nuclear arsenal Read Full Article at RT.com
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance is set to expand its presence across Eastern Europe, from the Black Sea to the Baltics Read Full Article at RT.com
Elon Musk has accused Apple of “hating free speech” and pulling the plug on advertising on Twitter after his takeover Read Full Article at RT.com
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov 28 (IPS) - The upcoming consultation on the Global Digital Compact presents a unique opportunity to ensure that human rights in the digital world are protected in international common standards.
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Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, in the wake of reports of racist and stigmatizing language surrounding the name of the disease.
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Some 110,00 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, noting that coupled with 310,000 newly infected, the total number of young people living with HIV stands at 2.7 million.
The international community should push ahead with stalled plans to prevent biological weapons from being developed in the wake of COVID-19, the UN’s top disarmament official insisted on Monday.
Millions of people in the Horn of Africa – a region at the intersection of some of the worst impacts of climate change, recurring humanitarian crises and insecurity – are facing the driest conditions in four decades along with extreme food shortages. The top UN World Food Programme (WFP) official in the region, Michael Dunford, is warning that the situation there is likely to get worse before it improves.
Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians “is again reaching a boiling point”, the UN Middle East envoy told the Security Council on Monday, warning of escalating violence amid a stalled peace process.