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First Person: Saving Earth from Space
[ad_1] Before International Mother Earth DayObserved on April 22, NASA Chief Scientist Dr. Katherine Calvin shared her terrestrial and intergalactic…
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First Person: Why indigenous peoples can help save the planet
[ad_1] On Mother Earth Day, celebrated annually on April 22, Naw Ei Ei Min, a member of the indigenous Karen…
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UN coordinator calls for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Sudan as death toll rises
[ad_1] The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan issued a strong statement on Friday calling on both sides in the struggle…
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Yemen’s health system is ‘on the verge of collapse’, warns WHO
[ad_1] Yemen’s fragile health system is “severely overloaded,” the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top emergency operations official in the country…
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Rising human, economic and environmental cost of climate change: WMO
[ad_1] The relentless advance of climate change brought more droughts, floods and heat waves to communities around the world last…
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First person: Aboriginal Australians suffer from ‘violent history’ and ongoing ‘institutional racism’
[ad_1] Read the full story, “First Person: Aboriginal Australians suffer from ‘violent history’ and ongoing ‘institutional racism’,” at globalissues.org →…
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Sudan: Guterres calls for an immediate ceasefire
[ad_1] UN Secretary General Antony Guterres on Thursday called on the warring parties in Sudan to observe a ceasefire for…
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Current climate policies ‘a death sentence’ for the world, warns Guterres
[ad_1] If governments continue with the same environmental policies in place today, the world will warm 2.8C more by the…
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WHO mission to Syria earthquake zone strengthens protection against disease outbreaks
[ad_1] The World Health Organization (WHO) has carried out a month-long field mission in areas of northwestern Syria devastated by…
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Boost for developing countries as mRNA technology hub moves to next phase in South Africa
[ad_1] An ambitious UN-led effort to create mRNA technology transfer hubs in the developing world is taking another big step…
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