At COP27, climate change framed as battle for survival
Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptReuters World leaders and diplomats framed the fight against global warming as a battle for human survival during opening speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Monday, with the head of the United Nations declaring a lack of progress so far had the world speeding down a “highway to hell”. The […]
WHO tells rich countries : stop cutting the vaccines queue
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The head of the World Health Organization said on Friday there is a “clear problem” that low- and middle-income countries are not yet receiving supplies of COVID-19 vaccines and urged countries to stop striking bilateral deals with manufacturers. “Rich countries have the majority of the supply,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in […]
Poor countries seen missing out as rich nations hoard COVID-19 vaccines
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nine out of 10 people in dozens of poor nations could miss out on getting vaccinated against COVID-19 next year because rich countries have hoarded far more doses than they need, campaigners said on Wednesday. Rich nations, home to 14 per cent of the global population, had bought 53 per cent of […]
Aid spending stagnates as rich countries shift focus from refugees to poor nations
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rich nations spent more on helping poor countries last year but less on refugees at home, leading to stagnation in overall aid expenditure – which remains well below United Nations’ targets. Figures released on Monday showed that official development assistance was $US146.6 billion, down 0.6 per cent on 2016, according to the […]