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"Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history," a U.N. panel says, reporting that around 1 million species are currently at risk. Here, an endangered hawksbill turtle swims in a Singapore aquarium in 2017.

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Science
Environment

1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says

6:35pm May 06, 2019

"Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate.

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The resolution at the World Health Assembly in Geneva in May was aimed at promoting breastfeeding.

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Health & Safety

Trump Administration Denies Threatening Ecuador Over A Breastfeeding Resolution

7:40pm July 10, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

A State Department official says "reports suggesting the United States threatened a partner nation related to a World Health Assembly resolution are false." The New York Times says the U.S. did.

The World Health Organization's finalists for the next director-general (from left): Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Sania Nishtar and David Nabarro

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Health & Safety

Finalists For Top WHO Spot Say Why They'd Be Good At The Job

5:42pm January 26, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

There are just three candidates left in the race for WHO director-general. In a press briefing, they talked about their credentials.