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North America

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Area2471
Population579 million (2016)
Languages Spanish
French
First permanent english settlement Jamestown
Did you knowNorth America is the fourth-most-populous continent (579,024,000) in the world.
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Narrated by Tom Selleck
Networks Discovery Channel
Execut producKeith Scholey; Christine Weber; Iain Riddick
EpisodesEpisodesE07 · North America: Top 10Jun 16, 2013 E06 · RevealedJun 16, 2013 E05 · DesertsJun 9, 2013 View 4+ more
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Narrated by Tom Selleck and featuring Bon Jovi's `Army of One' as its theme song, the sweeping seven-part documentary `North America' captures a land where life collides with hostile, untamed wilderness in one of the most diverse, deadly environments on Earth. The series, which took more than three years to produce, includes stories of animals struggling to survive unforgiving weather and rugged terrain, from the frigid Yukon Territory and the lush forests of Belize, to the snow-capped Rocky Mountains and the barren deserts of the American Southwest. A `making of' episode chronicles the challenges faced by the production team, including Hurricane Irene and other natural disasters. … MORE

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The Head of The World health organization (WHO) to urge it to the unit, as The Agency is under sustained fire from U.S. President Donald Trump ends.

Speaking on Wednesday, Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, defended the work, and called for an end to the politicization of the Covid-19.

The Ethiopian said that he had received deaths have been threats and subjected to racist abuse.

Mr Trump said he would consider The End of the US funding for the UN Agency .

and said that They "slayed" their pandemic response.

Dr. Tedros has now the comments that insisted discharged: "We Are in the vicinity of each nation, We Are color-blind. "

to say After the first attack on the one that renewed the previous day, President Trump his criticism at his press conference on Wednesday, his priorities, the organization must "correct". He Said the United States would carry out a study to decide whether it will continue to work for the payment of contributions,

Also answering questions on The Briefing on Wednesday, US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo , said the administration was "re-Evaluation of our financing," the, THE, add,; "organizations. You need to deliver the results for which They were intended".

Covid-19 first appeared in December of last year in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which ended a 11-week lockout. A consultant, THE chief told earlier, is its close cooperation with China, "absolutely necessary" in the understanding of the disease in an early stage.

Mr Trump's attacks on the coming, in the context of the criticism of his own administration's handling of the pandemic, especially in the beginning of the problems with the test.

WHO approved a coronavirus test in January - But the US is the development of its own review, instead of decided against the use of it. However, in February, if the Test kits were sent out, some of them do not work properly and led to no clear results.

Public Health experts say that The Delay enabled The Virus to be more widespread in the United States.

What did the chief say?

"Please, unit on the national level, said with a Covid, or political points," said Dr. Tedros. "Second, honest, solidarity, on a global level. And honest leadership from the United States and China.

"The Most powerful should lead The Way and the quarantine Covid policy", he appealed, in the comments as a reply to Mr Trump, Who Said on Tuesday that seemed to be THE "very biased against China".

"have you called it wrong. You really have to - you missed The Call ," Mr Trump said. "And we go a hold on the funds in of The Who . We Are still a very powerful influence on him, and We Are to see. "

The USA is one of The Agency of the largest voluntary funders, with the data suggesting that They carry 15% of the total budget.

Dr. Tedros said that he was on the receiving end of racist comments for the last two to three months.

"Give me names, black or negro," He Said .

"I'm proud to be black, or proud, negro. "

then He Said he had to add a few death threats - "I don't give a damn. "

What was the answer?

with reference to the abuse, He Said that it was originally from Taiwan, "The Foreign Ministry has not dissociate" itself from him.

But Taiwan's President, Tsai Ing-wen dismissed this, namely your country against discrimination.

"for years we have been excluded from international organizations, and we know better than anyone what it feels like to be discriminated against and isolated," Reuters quoted with the words.

Taiwan, which is excluded said of The Who , it was unable to access important information, while the Corona-Virus outbreak. The one who denies this.

On Wednesday, Dr. Tedros, the financial threat is played down, and said that he believed that the US would be funding.

un-Secretary-General António Guterres had earlier added his voice to the defense of the organization. He described the outbreak as "unprecedented," and said, everyone, rated, as it is a topic for The Future was treated.

"Now is The Time for unity to stop for The International community to cooperate in the solidarity of The Virus and its harrowing consequences," He Said .

the French President Emmanuel Macron also allegedly offered his support for those who in a call to Dr. Tedros on Wednesday. "He reiterated his confidence, his support for the institution, and refuses to see it, caught in A War between China and the United States," a French presidential official told the Reuters news Agency .

the Timing of the Trump the threat in question

By David Willis , BBC North America correspondent

with a view to the growing criticism over his handling of the crisis, The President , Trump is now looking to pin the blame for the spread of the coronavirus to The World health organization.

officials with the UN organization criticized to impose his decision on a ban of travelers coming into the United States from China at The End of January - a train of The President has take since touted as crucial to controlling the spread of The Virus - and with conservative commentators and some Senate Republicans to condemn the ether, the Geneva-based body, Mr Trump has clearly decided it would be politically wise to join them.

He sees The Who as biased against China, and believes, it was to unconditional to the early information about Covid-19 came from the Chinese.

WHO is not above criticism raised, especially for its early statement that human transmission has not been proven, and his reluctance, later on, to explain that a pandemic. But also some of The President 's leading supporters are questioning, coming to deny the timing of his threat means for The World 's leading health organization - as it does, on The Height of a global pandemic.

What are The Other developments?

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Source of news: bbc.com

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