United Nations - Page 23

Anti-U.N. Protests Kill at Least 15 in D.R. Congo

Violent protests against the presence of the United Nations (U.N.) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province continued on Tuesday for the second straight day, resulting in the deaths of at least three U.N. peacekeepers and 12 rioters, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

Congolese policemen walk past a fire set in front of United Nations Mission for the Stabil

WHO Boss Tedros Officially Declares Monkeypox a Global Emergency

LONDON (AP) – The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gestures after

Meghan Markle to Join Prince Harry for Special U.N. Keynote Address

Meghan Markle will join Prince Harry next Monday in New York City when he gives a keynote address before the United Nations General Assembly. The pair will travel from their nine-bedroom, 16-bathroom mansion in Montecito, California, for the event which has been timed to coincide with Nelson Mandela Day.

Meghan