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The United Nations adopts the ""Pact for the Future"", aiming for multilateral cooperative work towards peace and security, global governance, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, and more.
2024-09-22

The World Health Organization reports that reported cases of dengue globally to a record 5.2 million in 2019, with climate change and the growing spread of virus-carrying mosquitoes being the main causes.
2023-12-22

Turkey recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip.
2023-11-4

The European Council broadly agrees on several measures to combat climate change. Among them is a ban on combustion engines for new cars beginning in 2035, setting aside €59 billion for a special fund to reduce the cost of transition for the poorest populations, to be paid out from 2027 to 2032, reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 55% from the 1990 reference level, and a carbon market reform. Negotiations on the final version of these reforms is underway.
2022-06-29

The World Health Organization names the Lineage B.1.1.529 variant as "Omicron" and designates it as a "variant of concern" due to the variant's large number of mutations and an increased risk of reinfection.
2021-11-26

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, warns that overseas cases of the virus could be the "tip of the iceberg".
2020-02-10

Around 7,500 people in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, stage a protest against Prime Minister Scott Morrison's lack of acknowledgement towards an ongoing bushfire caused by drought and climate change.
2019-12-11

Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection confirms Hong Kong's first case of Zika virus in a 38-year-old woman and says it will report the case to the World Health Organization (WHO).
2016-08-25

The World Health Organization reports tuberculosis has surpassed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as the leading cause of global death, despite the death rate from tuberculosis having been cut in half over the last 25 years. Most deaths from tuberculosis could be prevented, researchers said, but detection and treatment aren't happening fast enough.
2015-10-28

The World Health Organization reports that an outbreak of bubonic plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people.
2014-11-21