An emergency committee from the World Health Organization (WHO) has named the monkeypox outbreak, currently spreading in non-endemic countries, a “public health emergency of international concern” with over 16,000 cases found in 75 countries, including five deaths.
MoreThe committee first met last month but decided against declaring it a public health emergency of international concern.
MoreSummer heat waves have struck multiple countries across Europe, with temperatures expected to soar above 40 degrees Celsius (105 degrees Fahrenheit).
MoreProtesters have breached the gates to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office following a standoff with armed police.
MoreThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched on Tuesday the ratification process for Sweden and Finland’s membership, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed.
MoreThree people have died and several were injured in a shooting at a mall in Copenhagen, Denmark on Sunday.
MoreA 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck in Paktika and Khost provinces in Afghanistan early Wednesday morning local time.
MoreIn its latest update on the world of work, International Labour Organization Director-General Guy Ryder said that although there had been “tentative signs of recovery in the final months of last year, with global employment returning to higher levels in industrialised nations”, rising food and fuel prices and financial turbulence have destabilised the job market.
MoreA national database has listed all those who’ve been reported missing in the country since 1964, and the tally continues to climb, amid ongoing drug gang violence and a lack of effective investigations.
MoreEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a proposal for new sanctions against Russia that will be discussed over the next few days, including phasing out the European Union’s dependency on Russian oil and refined products.
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