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WHO experts insist Covid still a global emergency

Geneva (AFP) - The WHO's emergency committee on Covid-19 on Wednesday unanimously affirmed that the virus remains a major public health danger and insisted that countries must stop dropping their guard.

AFP

Single HPV shot enough for young women: WHO experts

Geneva (AFP) - A single vaccine shot against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, delivers comparable protection for girls and women under 21 as two doses, the WHO's immunisation experts said.

AFP

Women and watches: everything’s changing

The just-concluded Watches and Wonders fair in Geneva underlined what we’ve been noticing in the industry — more women buying and discussing watches and brand narratives that are less gender focussed

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Watches and Wonders 2022 | 5 dream watches

These exceptional watches from the Geneva fair are built to inspire watchmakers and CEOs

The Hindu

U.N. suspends Russia from Human Rights Council; India abstains from vote

The only time a member state was suspended from the Geneva-based body was Libya in 2011

The Hindu

UN General Assembly suspends Russia from human rights body

The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on Thursday with the U.S.-led push garnering 93 votes in favor, while 24 countries voted no and 58 countries abstained.

Reuters

U.N. to vote Thursday on U.S. push to suspend Russia from rights council

The 193-member U.N. General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a U.S. push to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council, diplomats said.

Reuters

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Another 35,000 flee Ukraine in 24 hours: UN

Geneva (AFP) - Nearly 35,000 more Ukrainians fled west in 24 hours to escape the Russian war in their country, the United Nations said Wednesday.

AFP

NBA player Kanter out to corner UN rights chief on China

Geneva (AFP) - Long-time NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, whose advocacy on Xinjiang and Tibet has ruffled feathers, hopes to bend UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's ear on Thursday about her forthcoming China visit.

AFP

Balloon tank parked outside U.N. to protest Ukraine, other bombings

A life-sized tank made out of colourful balloons was parked outside the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday to protest the bombing and shelling of civilians in urban areas of Ukraine and elsewhere.

Reuters

Ukraine war looms over conference on curbing use of heavy bombs in cities

Geneva meeting aims to reach draft agreement on restricting explosives in wake of shelling in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Watchmakers tinker with new materials to draw new buyers

Geneva (AFP) - Lab-made diamonds, recycled plastic and 3D printing: this year's Geneva watch fair was teeming with timepieces crafted from new materials, aimed at seducing a new generation of luxury watch connoisseurs.

AFP

Russia Urged to Stop Using Land Mines in its War in Ukraine

A top official in the global campaign against the use of land mines urged Russia on Monday to stop its troops in Ukraine from laying the weapons that too often kill and maim civilians. Alicia Arango Olmos, Colombia’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva and this year’s president of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nearly entire global population breathing polluted air: WHO

Geneva (AFP) - A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year.

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Clock Ticking on Swiss Watches' Raw Materials from Russia

Diamonds shine brightly at this year's Geneva watch fair but the sanctions slapped on Russia could soon force the Swiss watch industry to produce more subdued designs. Russia is a major supplier of diamonds, gold and other precious metals to the luxury watchmakers exhibiting at Watches and Wonders, one of…

AFP

Clock ticking on Swiss watches' raw materials from Russia

Geneva (AFP) - Diamonds shine brightly at this year's Geneva watch fair but the sanctions slapped on Russia could soon force the Swiss watch industry to produce more subdued designs.

The Hindu

7 best watches from Watches & Wonders 2022

Among the standouts at the world’s biggest watch show in Geneva is Cartier’s new watch with secrets

The Guardian - UK

What really happened at Geneva’s crucial biodiversity negotiations?

Talks ahead of the key Cop15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow – and much has been asked of the developing world

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Red Cross convoy heading to Mariupol unable to proceed, turns back - ICRC

A Red Cross convoy travelling to the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol to evacuate civilians has turned around, the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday, saying it had become impossible to proceed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ethiopia Fails to Block UN Funding for Human Rights Investigation

Ethiopia on Thursday failed to block the United Nations from funding an international committee that will investigate human rights violations by all parties in the nation's recent war. The International Commission of Human Rights Experts (ICHRE) on Ethiopia was created last December by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, despite…

The Guardian - UK

Biopiracy row at UN talks in Geneva threatens global deal to save nature

More talks needed on targets to protect wildlife as developing countries call for payment for finds based on their biodiversity

AFP

Four million Ukrainian refugees flee war

Geneva (AFP) - More than four million Ukrainians have fled the country within five weeks to escape Russia's "senseless war", the United Nations said Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Over 4 million Ukrainian refugees have fled war: UN

GENEVA: More than four million Ukrainians have now fled the country to escape Russia's "senseless war", the United Nations said Wednesday.

AFP

Over four million Ukrainian refugees have fled war: UN

Geneva (AFP) - More than four million Ukrainians have now fled the country to escape Russia's "senseless war", the United Nations said Wednesday.

AFP

Geneva watch show returns under shadow of Ukraine war

Zurich (AFP) - Switzerland's top luxury watch fair will resurface this week in Geneva after two years of pandemic-induced virtual shows, but Ukraine's raging conflict and Covid lockdowns in China could dampen the mood.

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