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WHO meeting turns into crisis session as it seeks to replace US funds

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Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks at the opening ceremony of the 14th World Health Summit. Carsten Koall/dpa

In response to the US plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), its director general on Monday imposed a hiring freeze, banning its 8,000-strong workforce from taking non-essential trips, and is renegotiating Read More

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