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The UN chief on Wednesday issued a stark warning about the growing challenges facing humanity, highlighting the climate crisis, ungoverned artificial intelligence, and geopolitical divisions in an address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that the world is grappling with a “Pandora’s box of troubles,” pointing to escalating conflicts, economic disparities, rising inequalities and assaults on human rights, and outdated governance systems ill-suited to tackle contemporary challenges. “We are living in an increasingly rudderless world,” he said, lamenting the lack of effective collaboration and foresight among global leaders. ‘ISRAEL FUNDAMENTALLY INTERESTED IN WEST BANK’…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded that Russia “settle now” and end the war in Ukraine, warning of high taxes, tariffs and sanctions on Russian exports if a resolution is not soon achieved. “I’m not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin – and this despite the Radical Left’s Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX. We must never forget that Russia helped us win the Second World War, losing almost 60,000,000 lives in the process,” Trump said on Truth Social. “All of that being said, I’m going to do…
China’s President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held on Tuesday a video conference call, a day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as the US president for a second time. During the call, a portion of which was shared by the Kremlin, Putin said the basis of cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is a “broad community of national interests and a coincidence of views on what relations between major powers should be.” Expressing that Russia and China are building their ties on the basis of matters such as friendship and mutual trust and benefit, Putin said these relations…
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement is a “fatal signal” to the world, Germany’s economy minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at an energy conference in Berlin, Robert Habeck said Trump’s move did not come as a surprise, but it was a worrying development that could significantly undermine international efforts to address climate change. “What happened in the United States was the beginning of a historical failure, that is why it was not a good day for Germany, and for Europe, and for the world community,” he said, adding that today’s politicians will be…
China’s President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held a video conference, the Chinese state media reported. Notably, the call between Xi and Putin comes a day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as the US president. No more details of the call were released till the filing of this report.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday decried new US President Donald Trump’s Monday decision to withdraw the US from the UN agency. The WHO “plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks and often in dangerous places where others cannot go,” spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic told a Tuesday briefing in Geneva. Noting that the US was a founding member of WHO in 1948, Jasarevic said that for over seven decades,…
Speaking during a conference meeting following the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged the Arab, and Islamic world to support Syria’s recovery before others and Western states lift sanctions imposed on the war-torn country. On the Gaza ceasefire, Erdoğan pointed out that images of prisoner exchange show who values human dignity and who disregards them. ‘Our Gazan brothers, sisters have paid heavy price, but they have neither bowed to thuggery, nor have they surrendered to policy of massacre,’ Erdoğan said in a statement. “Türkiye will accelerate its efforts to pave the way for lasting peace in…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it regrets new US President Donald Trump’s decision of intending to withdraw from the organization. The WHO “plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks and often in dangerous places where others cannot go,” spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic told a UN briefing in Geneva. Noting that the US was a founding member of WHO in 1948, Jasarevic said that for over seven decades,…
Following the detection of foot-and-mouth disease in a buffalo herd in Brandenburg, Germany, zoos, animal parks, and children’s farms in Berlin have been closed due to the disease. In Germany, after 35 years, foot-and-mouth disease has been identified in three buffaloes, leading to the culling of nearby cloven-hoofed animals as a precaution. The discovery of the disease in a buffalo herd in Brandenburg’s Märkisch-Oderland region has caused widespread concern across the state, prompting temporary closures of children’s farms and zoos in Berlin and surrounding areas. Additionally, live transportation of animals such as cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep has been suspended…
Nawaf Salam, who has been designated as the new Prime Minister of Lebanon, has resigned as a member of the International Court of Justice, said the ICJ on Tuesday. Salam’s term as head of the ICJ had been due to end in early February 2027. Earlier this week, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun summoned Salam to designate him prime minister after most lawmakers had nominated him, dealing a big blow to Hezbollah, which accused opponents of seeking to exclude it.