Jamey Keaten, Author at Valley News

This undated photo made available by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows the mako shark swimming in the Atlantic Ocean off Rhode Island. Countries have agreed to protect more than a dozen shark species at risk of extinction, in a move aimed at conserving some of the ocean’s most awe-inspiring creatures who have themselves become prey to commercial fishing and the Chinese appetite for shark fin soup. Three proposals covering the international trade of 18 types of mako sharks, wedgefishes and guitarfishes each passed with a needed two-thirds majority in a committee of the World Wildlife Conference known as CITES on Sunday Aug. 25, 2019. (Matthew D Potenski/The Pew Charitable Trusts via AP)

Countries agree to protect sharks, rays

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressAugust 25, 2019

GENEVA — Countries have agreed to protect more than a dozen shark species at risk of extinction, in a move aimed at conserving some of the ocean’s most awe-inspiring creatures who have themselves become prey to commercial fishing and the Chinese…

In this photograph taken Sunday July 14, 2019, a morgue employee walks with a cross past others disinfecting the entrance to the morgue in Beni, Congo DRC. The head of the World Health Organization is convening a meeting of experts Wednesday July 17, 2019 to decide whether the Ebola outbreak should be declared an international emergency after spreading to eastern Congo's biggest city, Goma, this week. More than 1,600 people in eastern Congo have died as the virus has spread in areas too dangerous for health teams to access. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global emergency

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressJuly 17, 2019

FILE - In this early Monday, June 10, 2019 file photo, Central American migrants stand on a raft to cross the Suchiate River from Guatemala to Mexico, with the Tacana volcano in the background, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. A record 71 million people were forcibly displaced around the world in 2018, according to a report last month by the United Nations refugee agency, in places as diverse as Turkey, Uganda, Bangladesh and Peru. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

From Libya to Texas, tragedies illustrate plight of migrants

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressJuly 6, 2019

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, left, chats with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, as they walk out of a meeting at Miraflores Presidential Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 21, 2019. The United Nations' top human rights official is visiting Venezuela amid heightened international pressure on President Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

UN: 5,287 killings in Venezuela security operations in 2018

by Jamey Keaten Associated Press, and Scott Smith Associated PressJuly 4, 2019

Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of Norwegian Nobel Committee, announces that 2017 Nobel Peace Prize goes to ICAN, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Oslo Friday Oct. 6, 2017. The Nobel committee secretary, Olav Njoelstad stands at right. ( Heiko Junge/NTB scanpix via AP)

Anti-Nuclear Group Wins Nobel Peace Prize

by Jamey Keaten Associated Press, and Mark Lewis Associated PressOctober 7, 2017

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, right, sits next to UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, left, as he attends a round of negotiations with Bashar al-Ja'afari, Syrian chief negotiator and Ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of Syria to the UN New York, during Syria talks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, July 10, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Pool Photo via AP)

UN: Syria Cease-Fire Is Holding

by Jamey Keaten Associated Press, and Philip Issa Associated PressJuly 10, 2017

Damaged buildings and rubble line a street in Homs, Syria, Sept. 19, 2016. Syria’s military command has declared the U.S-Russian brokered cease-fire over, blaming the rebel groups for undermining it. In a statement Monday, the Syria military said “the armed terrorist groups” repeatedly violated the cease-fire which came into effect last week. (AP PHOTO)

UN Suspends Syrian Aid After Attack

by Philip Issa Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressSeptember 20, 2016

Migrants cross tracks at a railway station near a makeshift camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Human Rights Watch says the initial round of deportations of migrants from Greece to Turkey under a new European Union-Turkey deal were "rushed, chaotic and violated the rights of those deported." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Up to 500 Migrants Feared Drowned

by Jamey Keaten Associated PressApril 21, 2016