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First hantavirus infection could not have been during cruise: WHO expert

First hantavirus infection could not have been during cruise: WHO expert

The first hantavirus case on the MV Hondius could not have been infected during the cruise, a World Health Organization expert told AFP on Wednesday. The polar expedition ship left Ushuaia in Argentina on April 1 for a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde, where it arrived on

Immersive art: museum-goers in bikinis dive into Cezanne

Immersive art: museum-goers in bikinis dive into Cezanne

A Swiss museum made a splash on Friday by inviting in the public in their swimwear to enjoy Paul Cezanne's iconic paintings of people bathing. At the Fondation Beyeler outside Basel, a young woman in a black swimsuit with a towel draped over her shoulder sat gazing at

Final talks begin on missing piece for pandemic treaty

Final talks begin on missing piece for pandemic treaty

An extra week of negotiations to complete an international agreement on handling future pandemics kicked off in Geneva on Monday, with sharp divisions holding up an accord. Wealthy countries and developing nations are at loggerheads in the talks at the World Health Organization over how the pandemic treaty, adopted last

ILO names US official as number two amid grumbling over unpaid dues

ILO names US official as number two amid grumbling over unpaid dues

After months of delay, the UN labour agency has appointed Trump administration official Sheng Li as its deputy director general, despite Washington's failure to pay its dues for two years. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) officially announced this week that Li, a high-level official at the US

WTO reform talks coming to the crunch

WTO reform talks coming to the crunch

The ambassador facilitating talks on reforming the World Trade Organization voiced cautious optimism Friday on prospects for progress at a high-level meeting in the Cameroonian capital. Reforming the beleaguered global trade body is at the heart of the WTO's four-day ministerial conference -- its main decision-taking

E-commerce in the crosshairs at WTO in digital taxes battle

E-commerce in the crosshairs at WTO in digital taxes battle

The future of digital taxes is dividing countries at the World Trade Organization, with the moratorium that has prohibited customs duties on electronic transmissions since 1998 front and centre in the debate. The moratorium is highly important for developed countries -- notably for the United States, which is calling for it

US lays it on the line as WTO mulls future of global trading

US lays it on the line as WTO mulls future of global trading

The United States launched a broadside at the hamstrung World Trade Organization as its main gathering opened Thursday, while China rushed to the WTO's defence, making the case for rules-based global trade. The WTO's ministerial conference -- its supreme decision-making body -- got under way in