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Afghanistan at ‘dangerous turning point’, UN envoy warns Security Council
With the war in Afghanistan now in “a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase”, the top UN official in the country appealed on Friday for the Security Council to act to avert a catastrophe.
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5 things to watch for in the latest IPCC report on climate science
Alex Crawford, University of Manitoba
On Aug. 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release its most comprehensive report on the science of climate change since 2013. It...
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76 years of Hiroshima: Can we dream of a nuclear weapon-free world?
“On this day seventy-six years ago, a single nuclear weapon brought unimaginable suffering to the people of this city, killing tens of thousands of people instantly, tens of thousands in its aftermath, and many more in the following years."
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WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 booster jabs
The head of the UN health organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until “at least the end of September” to enable the world’s most vulnerable people to be inoculated.
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Lionel Messi will not continue at Barcelona
Argentinian star footballer Lionel Messi will leave FC Barcelona due to 'financial and structural obstacles', the Spanish club announced on Thursday night. The record-breaking six-times Ballon d'Or winner was...
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700-plus healthcare workers and patients killed in attacks on health facilities: WHO
More than 700 healthcare workers and patients have died, and more than 2,000 have been injured in attacks on health facilities since December 2017, according to a three year analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday.
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Turkey wildfires: Death toll rises to eight, EU sends help
The death toll from wildfires on Turkey's southern coast rose to eight on Sunday as firefighters battled for a fifth day to contain blazes still raging.
Two more people...
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Tokyo Olympics: Italy’s Jacobs wins men’s 100 metres
Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy won the men’s 100 metres gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, breaking retired Jamaican star and fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt’s 13-year...
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6 months after coup; Myanmar’s instability and deteriorating socio-economic situation
It’s been six months since the military coup in Myanmar where there’s grave concern over the widening impact of the deepening political, human rights and humanitarian crisis affecting the country’s people.
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Olympic athletes describe power of sport to change world
Leading athletes, influencers and innovators have been sharing their thoughts on the role that sport can play in building a better world for all, in UN-led online discussions held to coincide with the Tokyo Olympics.
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Biden nominates Indian American as first Muslim envoy for Religious Freedom
US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American Rashad Hussain as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, making him the first Muslim to be nominated for the role, the White House said.
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Seven members Kurdish family killed in ‘entirely racist’ attack in Turkey
Seven members of a Kurdish family were killed by armed assailants in Turkey in an "entirely racist" attack, the family's lawyer said.
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