Meg Doherty, WHO’s director of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes, said there was “quite a possible risk” that the countries bidding for supplies would be high-income countries. “We’ll have to watch out for this,” she said. “Our mantra has been and continues to be that we want equity. If WHO needs to say that louder and stronger for those countries who are not getting access, we will continue to do that....

Panagiotis Kontoleon, the head of the intelligence service of the EYP, has submitted his resignation “after wrong actions found during the legal wiretapping procedures”, according to a statement from the office of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Kontoleon was not immediately available for comment. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Earlier this week, two lawmakers who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity said Kontoleon had admitted during a July 29 parliamentary committee hearing that his agency had spied on Thanasis Koukakis, a financial journalist who works for CNN Greece....

Dans un rapport publié jeudi, le groupe de défense des droits de l’homme a accusé l’Ukraine de mettre les civils en danger en déployant des troupes dans des zones peuplées dans le cadre de sa guerre contre la Russie. “Amnesty International regrette profondément la détresse et l’indignation causées par notre communiqué de presse sur les tactiques de combat de l’armée ukrainienne”, a écrit Amnesty International dans un e-mail à Reuters....

The couple arrived at the Invictus Games in The Hague, the Netherlands, this afternoon, after making a stop in the United Kingdom yesterday to visit the Queen and Prince of Wales. Both in suits, the Sussexes went to a party of friends and family at the Zuiderpark, where the races take place. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrive at the Invictus Games Yesterday is believed to be the first time the Duchess has visited the United Kingdom for two years after her and the Duke’s resignation as members of the royal family....

While blood pressure is usually measured while sitting still, new research suggests that shaking things up could be more effective. The study found that young and middle-aged people whose systolic blood pressure rose more than 6.5 mmHg when standing were more likely to have serious health problems. From heart attacks to strokes, this sign indicated a higher risk for various emergencies. Researchers are now emphasizing the importance of measuring standing blood pressure in young and middle-aged adults with hypertension....

The video, posted on the Internet by KDKA author Ed Thompson, shows minors taking part in an argument before a man shouts, “He has a gun, he has a gun, download the f ***.” He was heard urging others to leave the scene as he ran down the stairs of an apartment at the intersection of Suismon Street and Madison Avenue on the North Side of Pittsburgh at around 12....

Posted: 08:46, 17 April 2022 | Updated: 09:31, 17 April 2022 The death of an 18-year-old man who was fatally attacked in downtown Liverpool yesterday sparked an investigation into the murder in the incident, police said. Police were called to an internet cafe on London Road in the afternoon, around 5.50pm. The teenager was rushed to the hospital by the emergency services, where he was pronounced dead. An 18-year-old man was attacked and killed yesterday in downtown Liverpool, triggering a homicide investigation into the incident, police said....

Experts say the meteor shower will peak on the afternoon of August 12 around midnight, making the early morning hours of August 13 the perfect time to watch the skies. “The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year in August and is caused by Earth passing through the debris trail left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle’s tail,” said Dr. Rachel Ward-Maxwell, researcher and developer of the Astronomy and of space sciences at the Ontario Science Centre....

Crédits : Fondamentalement sans-abri Le monde des jeux vidéo a connu son lot d’étranges innovations ces dernières années, en grande partie dues à YouTube et à l’attirance de ses téléspectateurs pour les œuvres insolites. On a ainsi pu voir un petit génie transformer sa caméra en une console dédiée à Minecraft ou, plus récemment, une Xbox Series X de deux mètres, rien que pour le plaisir de relever le défi....

Miguel Espinoza, 45, was charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter in the crash about 11:30 p.m. Saturday in Galveston, about 50 miles southeast of Houston, police said. Espinoza was being held in the Galveston County Jail Sunday on $400,000 bond, police said. Jail records do not list an attorney for him. Investigators believe that after the SUV failed to stop, it struck the golf cart carrying six people and a pickup truck, police said....

Kushner’s account, the latest indication of a former Trump administration official taking a look at the White House’s somewhat chaotic presentation of his 2020 peace plan, appears to contradict Friedman, who insisted when he released the his own memoir earlier this year that he was at loggerheads with Kushner over the annexation issue, which he personally supported. “The accusation that I had my own agenda with Netanyahu [applying Israeli] sovereignty [to parts of the West Bank] and for the president not to know, for nobody to know, against Jared’s wishes — it’s 100 percent fake, 100 percent false,” Friedman told The Times of Israel in February....

The Republican-dominated House voted 61-39 to kill an amendment that would have removed those exemptions, with a majority of GOP members wanting them removed. The House vote showed a similar division among Republicans seen in the state Senate over rape and incest exemptions, which remained in the bill after an attempt in the Senate last week also failed to remove those exemptions. Republican Rep. Karen Engleman supported the amendment, arguing that even a child caught in a rape or incest attack deserved a chance at life....

Polk County District Judge Scott Beattie ruled earlier this week that Finkenauer’s name “will not be included in the original ballot for the Democratic Senate for the U.S. Senate” due to questions about the signatures she received in two counties. The Finkenauer campaign appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. “We are annulling the decision of the district court and ordering that the application be rejected,” the Supreme Court ruling said....

AMIR COHEN / REUTERS Les combats entre Israël et le Jihad islamique se sont poursuivis samedi matin dans la bande de Gaza. PROCHE-ORIENT – Le Jihad islamique palestinien dans la bande de Gaza et Israël ont poursuivi, ce samedi 6 août, leurs échanges de tirs entamés la veille, dans ce qui représente la pire flambée de violence entre les deux ennemis en un an. Plus tôt dans la journée, alors que les tirs de roquettes continuaient de retentir sur des sites israéliens proches du territoire palestinien assiégé, des journalistes de l’AFP ont constaté que la ville de Gaza, sous le feu depuis vendredi, était paralysée....

The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least nine people were killed, including a five-year-old girl, and 55 others were injured. A CNN producer in Gaza saw medics carrying two bodies from a building called the Palestine Tower that had been hit in one of the strikes. The Israeli military said in a statement that the military operation — which it called “Breaking Dawn” — targeted Islamic Jihad, the smaller of the two main militant groups in Gaza....

Biden last April asked the Department of Education to write a note on its ability to repay student debt. Documents in October revealed that the note had existed since April 2021, but had not yet been released. Lawmakers urged Biden to release the note to provide reassurance about widespread student debt relief. On April 1, 2021, President Joe Biden asked the Department of Education to prepare a note on its legal capacity to cancel student debt....