Three years after the world began to shut down as COVID-19 took hold, the UN and other partners will gather in Doha, Qatar, to deliver a historic new compact to support the countries whose vulnerabilities the pandemic most exposed.The conference of Lea…
A top UN official has warned that “urgent” measures are needed to help 52 countries facing debt repayment problems that put some at risk of default.Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Programme, said that 25 of the 52 were spending mo…
BURBANK, CALIF. — Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, died Friday at age 61.The actor had suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18 at his home …
LUND, SWEDEN — Archaeologists say they have uncovered a “unique” cache of well-preserved spices, from strands of saffron to peppercorns and ginger, on the wreck of a royal ship that sank off Sweden’s Baltic coast more than 500 years ago.The wreck of th…
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