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78 million children across globe don’t go to school at all: Data
A staggering 78 million girls and boys around the world today “don’t go to school at all” because of conflict, climate disasters and displacement – while tens of millions more receive only sporadic teaching - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday.
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Children sleep in streets, too afraid to go home after quake disaster
“Families with children are sleeping in streets, malls, mosques, schools, under bridges, staying out in the open for fear of returning to their homes.”
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Turkish woman rescued from rubbles after 222 hours
A 42-year-old woman has been rescued from the rubble of a building in the southern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, where she was trapped for almost 222 hours.
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WHO reveals one-third of prisoners in Europe suffer mental health disorders
One in three prisoners in Europe suffer from mental health disorders, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report launched on Tuesday.
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Miracle rescue: 10-year-girl, 13-year-boy, two women saved after 183 hours in Turkey
Rescuers saved a 10-year-old girl child, a 13-year-old boy, and at least two women from the rubble in Gaziantep and Hatay in Turkey, 183 hours after a devastating earthquake shook the region.
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UN aid chief visit to crossing into Northwest Syria ‘too little too late’: White Helmets
Responding to the visit by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, to the only humanitarian border crossing into Northwest Syria at Bab-al-Hawa, the head...
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Survivors still being found as Turkey, Syria toll crosses 33,000
Rescuers in Turkey pulled more survivors from under the rubble nearly a week after two massive earthquakes struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. The death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed to more than 33,000.
Opinion
The incredible story of how East African culture shaped the music of a state in India
Sayan Dey, University of the Witwatersrand
The term Siddi refers to Afro-Indians – Africans who mixed with Indians through marriage and relationships. Africans crossed the Indian Ocean and arrived in...
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India
Turkey quake: Body of missing Indian man found under debris
The body of an Indian businessman identified as Vijay Kumar who had gone missing following the earthquakes in Turkey has been found from under the debris of a hotel in Malatya town, the Indian Embassy said on Saturday.
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Turkey, Syria earthquake: Rescue operations enter 6th day as toll rises to 24,000
Massive rescue operations continue in Turkey and Syria as the death toll soared to 24,000 from Monday's devastating earthquakes
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Nearly a million people urgently needed food in Turkey and Syria after quake: UN
At least 870,000 people urgently needed food in the two countries after the quake, which has made up to 5.3 million people homeless in Syria alone, the United Nations warned.
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United States: UN rights experts gravely concerned over ‘brutal deaths’ at hands of police
Independent UN human rights experts on Friday expressed grave concern over the deaths early last month of two young Black men in the United States, at the hands of police officers.
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