Coronavirus pandemic still accelerating: WHO chief

Coronavirus pandemic still accelerating: WHO chief

(VOVWORLD) - The novel coronavirus pandemic is still accelerating and its effects will be felt for decades, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an online conference on...
France seeks solution to strike crisis

France seeks solution to strike crisis

(VOVWORLD) - The French government will resume talks with trade unions to try to resolve the current strike crisis. A third general strike on Tuesday drew more than half a million...
Chile pulls out of hosting APEC and COP 25

Chile pulls out of hosting APEC and COP 25

(VOVWORLD) - Chile on Wednesday withdrew from hosting the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and the COP 25 climate change conference as it struggles to restore order amid clashes between protesters...
Venezuela crisis worsened by sanctions

Venezuela crisis worsened by sanctions

(VOVWORLD) - UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that sanctions have worsened Venezuela's crisis as the US warned it may expand its sanctions against President Nicolas Maduro's...
WTO warns of crisis in global trade system

WTO warns of crisis in global trade system

(VOVWORLD) - The international trade system is facing a crisis, the World Trade Organization’s Deputy Director General Karl Brauner said at the Handelsblatt Automotive Summit in Germany on Tuesday
Russia opposes new US sanctions on Syria

Russia opposes new US sanctions on Syria

(VOVWORLD) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said Monday that new US sanctions on Syria will not help resolve the political crisis in Syria, only put a greater burden on...