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19th Mar 2024

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Rapid Covid-19 tests for developing world imminent

Some 120m Covid-19 tests from two companies, which can show results in 15 to 30 minutes, will be supplied to low-and middle-income countries for around €4 each, The Guardian reported on Monday. The World Health Organization has approved one of the tests while the other is expected to receive approval shortly. The tests look like a pregnancy test, having two blue lines displayed for a positive result.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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