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About 250 demonstrators demanding an end to President Paul Biya's rule squared off with dozens of police, many in riot gear, backed up by armoured vehicles.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the world needs nearly six million nurses. According to a report that there are just under 28 million nurses on the planet.
The UN health agency on Tuesday warned cancer cases would rise by 81 percent in low- and middle-income countries by 2040 because of a lack of investment in prevention and care.
"Swiss airspace is now open again," the Alpine nation's air traffic control service Skyguide said on Twitter, adding "the technical malfunction at Skyguide has been resolved".
After all-night talks, members of the World Trade organisation early on Friday reached a string of deals and commitments aimed to limit overfishing, broaden production of COVID-19 vaccines
Abdullah Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, has held bilateral meetings with the ministers of trade from several Arab, Asian, and African nations on the sidelines
"We also at 2 or 3 in the morning danced a little bit in one of the rooms while we were waiting for something to happen, just to keep ourselves awake and entertained," says one of the delegates.
The rapid spread of coronavirus raised fears of a pandemic on Friday, with countries on three continents reporting their first cases and Swiss authorities cancelling the giant Geneva car show.
Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces fought new clashes in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Thursday, before the United States, France and Russia were due to meet in Geneva to try to avert a wider war in the South Caucasus.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric made the announcement on Friday that the UN appeal for $1.3 billion for 2021 to help more than 18 million people is just 40% funded, leaving a $766 million deficit.
