The global health organization said it plans to hold a closed-door election to replace Dr. Takeshi Kasai in October.
GENEVA (AN) — The World Health Organization fired the director of its Western Pacific Region for misconduct, after investigating dozens of staffers' allegations.
WHO announced Dr. Takeshi Kasai's termination Wednesday, almost a year and a half after staff members filed a bullying complaint, first reported by the Associated Press last year, alleging he behaved in a racist, abusive and unethical manner that potentially undermined the U.N. health agency's COVID-19 pandemic response.
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber insists the world's seventh largest oil producer sees the 1.5° climate goal as its "North Star."
New measurements show a dramatic decline in the health of glaciers and sea ice, perpetuating the cycle of warming.
In 2015, nations committed to hold global warming to no more than 2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels, or preferably 1.5°.
Some in the developing world fear that the war in Ukraine is diverting attention away from the dangers of climate change.
Football's governing body will mark the 100th anniversary of the World Cup in Uruguay, where the first was held in 1930.
A new report says the world's marketplace appears to be growing at a modest rate that's defined as a global recession.
The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa said the health leader was "targeted by an Ethiopian government investigation that appears to have been politically motivated."
“The path to justice for his killing remains fully blocked," said Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard.
