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‘Time has come’ for pandemic treaty, WHO chief says

Wednesday, June 2 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- The head of the World Health Organization has called for launching negotiations on an international treaty on pandemic preparedness and response to better ready the world for the next disease outbreak."This is an idea whose time has come," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom... Read More.

French feminists use baguettes to raise awareness about domestic violence

Monday, May 31 by ABC News

(PARIS) -- A French feminist organization is using the favored French bread as a means to fight against domestic violence. The "NousToutes" ("MeToo" in French) collective is leading an awareness campaign called "Baguettes against domestic violence," which has already reached 1,000 bakeries across France,... Read More.

Thousands pack into concert arena in Paris as litmus test for reopening after COVID

Monday, May 31 by ABC News

(PARIS) -- The focus at a concert is usually on the band. But Saturday night, the focus at France's Paris Accor Arena was on the crowd.Some 5,000 volunteers got to go right up to the stage, sing along to their favorite songs and rub... Read More.

Who is Roman Protasevich, the blogger seized by Belarus?

Sunday, May 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) — The shock and a sense of sickening horror were immediate among Roman Protasevich's family and colleagues in Belarus' pro-democracy movement, they say, when they realized the passenger plane carrying him was in a place it should never had been. The 26 year-old... Read More.

215 bodies discovered at former residential school for Indigenous children in Canada

Saturday, May 29 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the recent discovery of more than 200 bodies in the grounds of what was the country's largest Indigenous residential school -- where Indigenous children were sent after being removed from their communities -- as a... Read More.

Jewish family donates kidney of Israeli man to Palestinian woman

Thursday, May 27 by ABC News

(LOD, Israel) -- It's a story of hope -- and grace -- between two families after almost two weeks of fighting in the Middle East.On May 11, Ira Yehoshua's husband, Yigal Yehoshua, died 500 yards away from their home after being hit with stones... Read More.

Biden addresses Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis as famine looms, ‘large-scale abuses’ continue

Thursday, May 27 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- After months of ongoing fighting, reported atrocities, and hindered humanitarian aid, President Joe Biden has finally weighed in directly on the crisis in Ethiopia -- issuing a warning late Wednesday about the "escalating violence," "large-scale human rights abuses," and the risk of... Read More.

Blinken resets ties with Palestinians in 1st Mideast trip

Wednesday, May 26 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- After four years of President Donald Trump tilting U.S. policy toward Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken seems intent on a reset.In his first swing through the Middle East, America's new top diplomat tried to resume the United States' historic role as... Read More.

Tokyo Olympics sponsor joins calls for summer games to be canceled

Wednesday, May 26 by ABC News

(TOKYO) — One of Japan's largest newspapers, which also happens to be a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics, has now added its voice to the growing chorus of opposition for holding the summer games this year.The Asahi Shimbun newspaper, which is listed as an... Read More.

Biden calls for further investigation into origins of COVID-19, ‘questions for China’

Wednesday, May 26 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he is asking his intelligence community to "redouble their efforts" and submit another report to him within 90 days on the origins of COVID-19, including "specific questions for China."Biden said he received an initial report he... Read More.

Prince William, Kate go land yachting as they return to university where they fell in love

Wednesday, May 26 by ABC News

(ST. ANDREWS, Scotland) -- Happy anniversary Kate Middleton and Prince William! The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s royal love story is straight out of a fairytale.Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, took a trip down memory lane Wednesday, visiting the... Read More.

Mother of seized Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich says he was tortured

Wednesday, May 26 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The mother of Roman Protasevich, the blogger seized by Belarus from the Ryanair flight it forcibly diverted to Minsk on Sunday, said she believes he has been tortured in detention and made a desperate plea for the international community to help... Read More.

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‘Time has come’ for pandemic treaty, WHO chief says

French feminists use baguettes to raise awareness about domestic violence

Thousands pack into concert arena in Paris as litmus test for reopening after COVID

Who is Roman Protasevich, the blogger seized by Belarus?

215 bodies discovered at former residential school for Indigenous children in Canada

Jewish family donates kidney of Israeli man to Palestinian woman

Biden addresses Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis as famine looms, ‘large-scale abuses’ continue

Blinken resets ties with Palestinians in 1st Mideast trip

Biden calls for further investigation into origins of COVID-19, ‘questions for China’

Prince William, Kate go land yachting as they return to university where they fell in love

Mother of seized Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich says he was tortured

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