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Midday bombings near a busy government office injured at least nine people in Myanmar’s second biggest city on Wednesday, in what appeared to be the latest high-profile attack by militants opposed to the country’s military rulers. Other…
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A new study has found that 25 of 35 Indian states and Union territories are highly vulnerable to climate crisis-induced “hydro-met” disasters (floods and drought), with Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Bihar being the most…
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Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record levels last year, the United Nations said Monday in a stark warning to the COP26 summit about worsening global warming. The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, from the UN’s World…
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Climate change is creating ideal conditions for infectious-disease transmission and the world’s health-care systems aren’t ready for the shock it will cause, according to a new study. After nations largely failed the stress test of…
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At least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local and UN sources said on Monday. The jihadists of the allied democratic forces (ADF) are suspected to have carried out the…
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The world’s biggest per capita polluter has claimed to be a “pioneer” of climate action because it exports huge quantities of gas, in a statement experts called misleading. In its latest climate plan submitted to the UN this week, Qatar’s…
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Most Afghans are unable to leave their homeland and those who may be in danger “have no clear way out,” the UN refugee agency said on Friday. Shabia Mantoo, spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, reiterated its call to…
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The UN has condemned underage forced marriages in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl reportedly during childbirth at a religious shrine in the east of the country. The death has sparked widespread anger on social media and…
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More than 3 lakh Afghans have been displaced internally due to the recent spate of conflicts in the region, the United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Friday. “The IOM estimates that more than 300,000 Afghans…
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Two Myanmar citizens were arrested on charges alleging that they conspired to oust Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, who opposes the military junta that seized power earlier this year, by injuring — or even killing — him. Phyo…
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