The World Health Organization reported Wednesday that coronavirus deaths rose by 10 per cent in Europe in the past week, making it the only world region where both COVID-19 cases and deaths are steadily increasing. It was the sixth consecutive week that the virus has risen across the continent.
Polish authorities said Wednesday that two groups of migrants managed to cross the border from Belarus but that all the people in the groups were detained.
The British hosts of the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow have proposed that countries raise their ambitions to slash greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2022 in a draft political decision that nations will negotiate over the next few days.
Ethiopian authorities have detained more than 70 drivers working with the United Nations, an internal U.N. email seen by Reuters on Wednesday said.
U.S. leaders, including President Joe Biden and former president Barack Obama, have accused China of not pulling its weight at the UN climate summit. Long-time China watchers say such finger-pointing is counter-productive.
