John Heilprin

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WHO: Ebola vaccine trials in W. Africa in January

John Heilprin · October 21, 2014 4:49 pm

UN health agency: Ebola outbreak over in Senegal

John Heilprin · October 17, 2014 2:38 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, file photo, Gordon Kamara, left, is sprayed by Konah Deno after they loaded six patients suspected to have been infected by the Ebola virus into their ambulance in the village of Freeman Reserve, about 30 miles north of Monrovia, Liberia. Ebola has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa and wreaked havoc on the region, but some Africans see a bright side: The virus has been limited to five countries. It has even been beaten back in two of those countries. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

UN: Ebola death toll rising to 4,500 this week

John Heilprin · October 16, 2014 11:44 pm

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Jordan's Zeid Raad al-Hussein speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. Zeid drew comparisons between the Ebola outbreak and the Islamic State group Thursday, labeling them "twin plagues" upon the world that were allowed to gain strength because of widespread neglect and misunderstanding. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

UN rights chief: Ebola, extremists ‘twin plagues’

John Heilprin · October 16, 2014 12:08 pm

Nestle says 3 percent sales drop amid strong franc

Nestle says 3 percent sales drop amid strong franc

John Heilprin · October 16, 2014 8:50 am

WWF's new Director General Marco Lambertini speaks during a press conference, where he presented the Living Planet Report 2014 at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. "There is no room for complacency," said Lambertini, calling for a greater focus on sustainable solutions to the impacts that people are inflicting on nature, particularly through the release of greenhouse gases. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

Wildlife populations plummet for 3,000 species

John Heilprin · September 30, 2014 11:34 am

In this image made available from the UNHCR on Monday Sept. 15, 2014 a Syrian refugee in Valetta Saturday Sept. 13, 2014 shows an image of his young daughter who drowned while the vessel on which they fled their war torn country sank in the Mediterranean sea . The couple lost all of their three children in the accident. Since the start of 2014, more than 2,500 asylum seekers have perished trying to cross the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Pete Muller/Prime for UNHCR)

UN rights chief: Migrant deaths may be mass murder

John Heilprin · September 19, 2014 10:34 am

Companies in Europe pledge 100K new youth jobs

John Heilprin · September 18, 2014 1:06 pm

UN panel emphasizes Assad role in Syria war crimes

John Heilprin · September 16, 2014 10:59 am

In this image made available from the UNHCR on Monday Sept. 15, 2014 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie, visits Dr. Ayman Mustafa, a Syrian refugee, at his apartment in Valetta, Malta on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. On October 11, 2013 a boat on which he, his wife and daughter boarded to seek refuge, capsized. His wife and daughter drowned. Since the start of 2014, more than 2,500 asylum seekers have perished trying to cross the Mediterranean.. (AP Photo/Pete Muller/Prime for UNHCR)

700 feared dead in 2 Mediterranean boat wrecks

John Heilprin · September 15, 2014 6:38 pm

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, shows a poor air quality sign is posted over a highway, in Salt Lake City. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2013 as increasing levels of man-made pollution transform the planet, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Energy and Environment

UN says CO2 pollution levels at annual record high

John Heilprin · September 9, 2014 7:29 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid al Hussein of Jordan adresses his first statement in his new role during the 27th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

New UN rights chief: Syria, Iraq is first priority

John Heilprin · September 8, 2014 10:22 am