Among scourges like malaria, diabetes and cancer, AIDS is the only major epidemic that could be ended "in our lifetime," if only old-fashioned attitudes and society could be changed, Elton John said Tuesday.
The United Nations is to reopen an investigation into allegations of sexual assault by one of its top officials after the original inquiry, criticized as "deeply flawed" by his accuser, cleared him earlier this year.
A United Nations employee who says she was sexually assaulted by a top UN official has spoken publicly for the first time, alleging she was offered a promotion if she accepted an apology from the man and claiming that the organization failed to take her complaint seriously.
