(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and other world leaders on Wednesday called for 23 billion USD in donation to COVAX to end the pandemic as a global emergency this...
(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Commonwealth on Monday made a commitment to ensure that the most vulnerable countries will have access to COVID-19 vaccines so they...
(VOVWORLD) -Omicron BA.2 sub-variant that scientists call "stealth Omicron" has been detected in 57 countries, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday
(VOVWORLD) - China on Friday published the "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," White Paper, which outlines progress of China's space activities since 2016 and its main missions in...
(VOVWORLD) - The International Monetary Fund downgraded its global economic growth forecast for this year to 4.4% in its latest World Economic Outlook on Tuesday, 0.5% lower than its...
(VOVWORLD) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed bilateral ties during a meeting in Moscow Wednesday, even as pressure mounts for a decision on the Iran nuclear deal, officially...
(VOVWORLD) - 335.5 million COVID-19 infections and 5.5 million deaths had been reported as of Wednesday noon, according to worldometer.info
(VOVWORLD) - The world tourism industry barely improved last year compared to 2020, with all indicators staying way below pre-pandemic levels, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said on Tuesday
(VOVWORLD) - More than 2,000 Russian-led troops began withdrawing from Kazakhstan after being deployed when peaceful protests over an energy price hike turned into violence claiming dozens of lives
(VOVWORLD) - The UN on Thursday forecast lower global economic growth for 2022 and 2023 due to new waves of coronavirus, persistent labor market problems, lingering supply chain issues, and rising...
(VOVWORLD) - The Middle East remained unstable in 2021 despite international efforts to de-escalate tensions, said the UN Security Council at its last meeting of the year on the Middle East on December...
(VOVWORLD) - The global economy is on track to grow 4.1% in 2022, down 0.2% from the previous projection, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic...
(VOVWORLD) - The constitutional order has been largely restored in all regions of Kazakhstan, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Friday, according to the presidential press service
(VOVWORLD) - As many as 21 million Indonesians will get a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine as an antibody booster, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said Monday
(VOVWORLD) - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday said he would step down from his role. The decision was made less than two months after he was reinstated as...
(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Wednesday morning, there have been more than 283 million cases of COVID-19 in the world and more than 5.4 million deaths
(VOVWORLD) - A new round of talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal will begin next Monday
(VOVWORLD) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Monday that negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Iran nuclear deal, will resume after the Christmas holidays in Europe
(VOVWORLD) - The death toll in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Rai has risen to 208, after the storm carved a trail of destruction in central and southern provinces late last week...
(VOVWORLD) - The emergence of the Omicron variant has prompted countries to tighten their safety protocols