UN launching donor conference amid fears of famine in YemenCAIRO (AP) — The United Nations was launching an appeal Monday for countries to fund its response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where more than six years of war has created the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
At the pledging virtual conference, co-hosed by Sweden and Switzerland, U.....
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Hopes for WTO momentum as new boss takes chargeGeneva, Switzerland, March 1 – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over the World Trade Organization on Monday amid hopes that she will spur the beleaguered body into addressing its towering challenges, including the pandemic-fuelled global economic crisis. “The WTO is too important to allow it t....
UN warns of mass famine in Yemen ahead of donor conferenceCAIRO (AP) — A U.N. humanitarian agency on Sunday warned that more than 16 million people in Yemen would go hungry this year, with already some half a million people in the war-torn country living in famine-like conditions.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, ....
Whisky from the Swiss AlpsWhisky doesn’t hail exclusively from Scotland or Ireland – it’s also distilled on the European mainland, in Switzerland. At 3,303 meters, the world’s highest whisky distillery has opened on Piz Corvatsch near St. Moritz.....
Best & Worst Opponents for Arsenal, Tottenham and co in Europa League drawBest & Worst Opponents for Arsenal, Tottenham and co in Europa League draw - originally posted on Sportslens.com
Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Rangers booked their spots in the round of 16 of the Europa League last night and they will get to know their next opponents this af....
India must be held accountable for reprehensible deeds: FMISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday once again called on the international community to be wary of India's sinister design to malign Pakistan and hold it accountable for its "reprehensible deeds".
He was speaking at a seminar hosted by the Institute of Regional Studies on....
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The 1.5 million child slaves behind your chocolate barNext time you take a bite of a chocolate bar, consider the small hands that farmed the cocoa beans.Industrial food heavyweights like Nestlé USA, Hershey and MARS Inc., rely on cocoa grown in Côte D'Ivoire, the Ivory Coast, to make their confections. And the West African nation relies on enslaved c....
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Drinking coffee impacts the structure of your brain, study findsResearchers from the University of Basel studied the effects of coffee on quality of sleep and the brain's structure.
The study involved controlling participants' caffeine intake and then performing MRI scans and sleep studies to observe the effects.
Scientists showed that caffeine consump....
Disney+ is about to get more expensive, but here's how you can pay lessDisney+ will get a massive content boost in certain markets via the new Star service that will feature TV shows and movies from various Disney-owned brands.
Announced in mid-December, Star comes as an upgrade to international Disney+ users except for Latin America.
The Star brand would al....
Olympic boxing qualification events canceled, postponedLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A global boxing qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics has been canceled and a European event was postponed from April to June.
The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday plans were changed because of "current challenges to international travel and relat....
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Got no milk: Nestle creates vegan KitKat barBERLIN (AP) — Coming soon to a selected retailer near you: a vegan version of the iconic KitKat candy bar.
Switzerland's Nestle didn't spell out in its announcement on Monday the exact formula for the new treat to be known as the KitKat V. But it said it would "soon have a delicious plant-based....
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F1 driver Alonso leaves hospital after cycling crashENSTONE, England (AP) — Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso has left the hospital following surgery on his jaw, Alpine F1 said Monday.
Alonso fractured his jaw in a cycling accident in Switzerland on Thursday.
"After a period of 48 hours observation at hospital in Switzerland, Fern....
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The Latest: Lead surprises skier Crawford "a little bit"CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local): ___
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Canadian skier James Crawford says he is "a little bit" surprised about posting the fastest time in the opening super-G portion of the men's combined at the world championships.
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The Latest: Crawford takes lead in combined at ski worldsCORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local): ___
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Canadian skier James Crawford holds a surprise lead after the super-G portion of the men's combined at the world championships.
Crawford leads Alexis Pinturault by eight-hundre....
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The Latest: Brignone leads Shiffrin in combined at worldsCORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local):
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Federica Brignone leads Mikaela Shiffrin by six-hundredths of a second after the opening leg of the women's combined at the world championships.
Brignone beat Elena Curtoni ....
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The Latest: Bad back forces Ligety to move up retirementCORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local):
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Two-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety has had to move up his retirement by six days due to a bad back.
Ligety announced this week that the giant slalom at the skiing world cha....
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The Latest: Suter says silver medal helped win downhill goldCORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local):
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Corinne Suter says her second place in Thursday's world championship opener helped her believe she could win gold in downhill.
The Swiss skier says she "started with a silve....
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The Latest: Suter wins downhill for 2nd Swiss gold at worldsCORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local):
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Corinne Suter won the women's downhill at the world championships to give Switzerland its second gold medal.
German skier Kira Weidle finished 0.20 behind for silver and Lar....
Gut-Behrami kicks off ski world champs with super-G victory, Shiffrin thirdCORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy: Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami landed the first gold of the world ski championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo, storming to an emphatic win in the women’s super-G on Thursday, while Mikaela Shiffrin claimed bronze.Gut-Behrami, who previously won world.......
The Latest: 16-year-old Coco Gauff wins in AustraliaMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest from the Australian Open on Tuesday (all times local):
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American 16-year-old Coco Gauff is into the second round at the Australian Open.
Gauff advanced by beating Jil Teichmann of Switzerland 6-3, 6-2.Read more on NewsOK.com....
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Brazil's Elite are Once Again Making Negative HeadlinesRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian elite is among the world's least value-generating to society, say researchers Tomas Casas and Guido Cozzi from St. Gallen University in Switzerland. And they might be right after all. There has been concern globally that the privileged could game the system to ....
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Four foreigners reach main draw of junior tennisISLAMABAD: Leading players from Russia, USA, Switzerland and Japan have made it to the main draw of the Syed Dilawar Abbas/Syed Tajamul Abbas Memorial ITF World J5 Junior Tennis Championships here at the PTF Complex Sunday.Oscar Baumgartner , Amir Asylkozhaev , Toa Maeda and Abraar Iqbal have.......
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FIFA extends exemptions to skip internationalsZURICH, Switzerland (AP): FIFA extended an easing of its rules, yesterday, that frees clubs during the coronavirus pandemic from obligations to release all players to national teams. The decision came with 135 national teams set to play World Cup.......
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UN chief calls on everyone to respect new Libya interim governmentUnited Nations (UN)-brokered talks between Libyan factions have resulted in an agreement on a new interim government for Libya, marking a step toward ending a decade of conflict in the North African country.
Libyan delegates at the UN-facilitated talks in Switzerland on Friday chose Abdul....
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Saudi bars entry from 20 countries including India as Covid-19 surgesRiyadh:Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended entry from 20 countries, ranging from some neighbouring states to the United States, in a bid to curb a jump in coronavirus infections. The interior ministry announced the "temporary suspension" would be effective from 9.00 pm (1800 GMT) on Wednesday, acco....
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'Pakistan on its way to becoming a great nation,' says PM Imran in telephone calls with publicPrime Minister Imran Khan on Monday assured citizens that Pakistan was "on its way to becoming a great nation", saying that every area in the country had a special quality that could be developed to its advantage.
The premier made these remarks while answering the public's questions via telephone....
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Olympics to reveal playbook for competing in pandemicBy Stephen WadeThe Associated PressTOKYO — Remember the word: Playbook.
This is the rule book that the IOC and Tokyo organizers are set to roll out next week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes and tens of thousands of others will try to safely enter Japan when the Olympics open....
Google workers have just announced an international union allianceCombining the efforts of 13 unions across 10 countries under the Alpha Global umbrella
Just shy of a month after Google workers in the US and Canada went public with the Alphabet Workers Union, Google employees across the globe have announced that they've formed a new global union alliance, The V....
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Swiss envoy, Lebanese FM holds talks amid central bank probeBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's foreign minister held talks Monday with the Swiss ambassador to Beirut after Switzerland started a probe into possible money laundering and embezzlement at the Mideast country's central bank.
Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbi and ambassador Monika Schmutz Kirgoz did not off....
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Kriechmayr edges Odermatt to win super-G in KitzbühelKITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Austrian skier Vincent Kriechmayr bounced back from two disappointing results in downhill over the weekend to win a men's World Cup super-G on Monday.
Kriechmayr didn't have a clean run but he charged all the way down the Streifalm course to edge Marco Odermatt of Swi....
Gut-Behrami wins tricky World Cup super-G on home courseCRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lara Gut-Behrami mastered a tricky World Cup super-G on Sunday where several top racers were caught out at two jumps.
On a picture postcard minus-3 Celsius (27 Fahrenheit) day in the Swiss Alps, home favorite Gut-Behrami finished 0.93 seconds faster than Tamara....
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Swiss skier Beat Feuz wins 2nd Kitzbühel downhill in 3 daysKITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Beat Feuz won this weekend's second men's World Cup downhill on the Streif course Sunday, repeating his triumph from two days earlier.
The race was interrupted for a few minutes because of flat light as low clouds moved in just before the Swiss skier was set to start.....
Google Play Points now available in 13 more countries, mostly in EuropeThe support list has a total of 22 countries now
Google's Play Points rewards program, which offers about 1% in rewards points for your Play Store purchases, is now available in 13 more countries, ten of which are in Europe. Last we'd heard about Play Points, there were 9 countries on the list, s....
