Politics trumps co-operation: the WHOs annual meeting

Published: May 20, 2020, 9:58 a.m.

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Rhetoric and posturing at the World Health Organisation\\u2019s annual assembly reveal an agency under geopolitical stresses just when global co-operation is needed most. Illegal logging has become an existential threat for the Amazon; under the cover of covid-19, a new bill in Brazil could hasten its decline. And reflections on the vast musical legacy of Kraftwerk\\u2019s Florian Schneider.

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