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Substandard or fake medicines that fail to prevent and cure disease – and could even cause death – are becoming more and more prevalent, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, calling on Governments to take urgent actions to tackle this global problem.

The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the decision by the Libyan authorities to set up a “transit and departure facility” in Tripoli for refugees and migrants in need of international protection.

The conflict in Syria – now into its seventh year, longer than World War II – continues to ratchet up misery on its people, with millions living in besieged and hard-to-reach areas.

R.N. Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, chaired a regular meeting of the TATNEFT Company’s Board of Directors held in Kazan on November 30, 2017.

Participants in the Russian Foreign Ministry’s board meeting have praised Moscow’s close cooperation with India in resolving global issues.

China and Russia will enhance cooperation on digital economy, including big data, the Internet of Things and smart cities, Li Hui told.

Addressing the gathering, the Home Minister expressed satisfaction with his visit to Russia and his talks with the various Russian leaders.

Cyber Coalition, NATO’s biggest and most important cyber defence exercise, is taking place this week. The exercise involves more than 700 participants from 25 Allies, as well as NATO partner countries, the European Union, industry and academia.

Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh held meeting with Secretary, Security Council of Russian Federation, Mr. Nikolai Patrushev in Moscow yesterday.

After the end of an EU Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels on Friday, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said that enviable progress had been achieved compared to the previous summit held in Riga in 2015.

The Croatian government on Thursday forwarded to parliament several final bills, including one on Homeland War veterans and their families, local and regional self-government and the financing of local and regional self-government units, as well as on audits.