January 25, 2023

UN Economists Project Lowest Global Growth Rates in Decades

GENEVA — The 2023 World Economic Situation and Prospects report has just been issued, and U.N. economists present a gloomy and uncertain outlook for the coming year, with the global economy projected to grow at a particularly sluggish rate.Multiple cri…

WHO urges ‘immediate action’ after cough syrup deaths

GENEVA, The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year.In 2022, more than 300 children – mainly aged und…