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U.N. resumes Syria aid delivery after attack
By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebel groups on Thursday to allow aid convoys to enter eastern Aleppo as U.N. relief operations in Syria
World leaders must show us the money to hit goals on poverty, inequality: U.N. adviser
By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - World leaders need to ramp up investment to achieve a set of global goals agreed a year ago to combat poverty, inequality, and make the world a safer place
How have the U.N.’s global goals fared one year on?
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - World leaders one year ago agreed on an ambitious set of global goals designed to tackle the world's most troubling problems such as extreme poverty and inequality by
Egyptian court hands nine policemen jail terms for assaulting doctors
An Egyptian court sentenced nine policemen to three years in prison on Tuesday for physically and verbally assaulting two doctors at a Cairo hospital in January, an incident that prompted strikes and a protest demanding justice. The
Global fund raises $12.9 billion to fight AIDS, TB and malaria
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - A global fund has raised over $12.9 billion from international donors as part of a campaign aimed at effectively eradicating AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis by 2030, conference organizers said on
Haiti’s Aristide says dehydration caused his collapse at rally
Former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide said on Saturday that dehydration caused him to faint at an election rally for his party's presidential candidate on Friday night. Aristide, 63, was giving an address in the northern port
Cost-cutting deal with unions key to VW’s recovery
By Andreas Cremer BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen's ability to agree a big cost-cutting plan with its powerful labor unions in the coming weeks could determine whether the German carmaker's shares make a full recovery from its
Cost-cutting deal with unions key to VW’s recovery
By Andreas Cremer BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen's ability to agree a big cost-cutting plan with its powerful labor unions in the coming weeks could determine whether the German carmaker's shares make a full recovery from its
Bayer clinches Monsanto with improved $66 billion bid
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer clinched a $66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto on Wednesday, ending months of wrangling with a third sweetened offer that marks the largest
Reducing stress could help increase chances of conception suggests new research
Confirming what mothers-to-be may have already suspected, a new US study has found that women with high levels of stress find it harder to conceive. Carried out by a team of researchers from the University of