GENEVA— The World Health Organization said it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started.As the third anniversary of the original outbrea…
US Asks Australia to Extradite Former Marine Pilot Accused of Breaching Arms Control Laws
A court in Sydney Friday has heard that the United States has asked Australia to extradite a former marine pilot who is accused of breaking U.S. arms control laws by training Chinese fighter pilots. Daniel Duggan, a former U.S. citizen, has been in cus…
UN launches 10-year survival plan for endangered indigenous languages
From Arctic communities desiring to receive public services in their own languages, to the Arhuaco people in Colombia who still speak Ika, indigenous people across the world are determined to keep their mother tongues alive. On Friday, the UN launched …
UN Weekly Roundup: December 10-16, 2022
Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch.Iran Expelled From Women’s CommissionIran was voted off the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday for its crack…