The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) decision to name Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a “goodwill ambassador” has been met with condemnation by human rights and medical groups. The 93-year-old Zimbabwean leader was given the position, which is bestowed on personalities who highlight “important health issues,” at a WHO conference on noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in Montevideo, Uruguay. […]
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Philippines’ Duterte ‘doesn’t feel like’ appointing a new envoy to US
The Philippines won’t send a new ambassador to the United States in the near future simply because the country’s controversial strongman president, Rodrigo Duterte, “doesn’t feel like” it. “In the USA, we don’t have an ambassador. No ambassador will go there. Until now, we do not have an ambassador in the United States. I don’t […]