Poor nations pay highest debt service in 20 years -campaigners

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Developing countries are paying more to service their debt than at any other time in the past two decades, with a heavier burden on the horizon if…

Global licence deal to provide COVID antibody test tech free to poorer countries – WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - A global licence for serological technology that detects COVID-19 antibodies will be provided royalty-free to poor and middle-income countries under a first of its kind agreement to…

‘We are not equal’ – what they said at U.N. climate talks

GLASGOW (Reuters) - COP 26, a U.N. conference critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change, is running for the first two weeks of November. Here are some…

Poor countries say lack of vaccines may exclude them from climate talks

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - The world's poorest countries asked for more help on Friday to meet vaccination and quarantine requirements and costs to ensure they can take part…