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Living In Darkness: Poverty And Pollution In Oil-Rich Congo
Behind their homes is an oil pipeline and above them are high-voltage cables suspended between pylons. A little further off…
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Turkey Introduces Jail Terms For ‘Fake News’
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved a tough new media law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for…
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Five, including a police officer, killed in North Carolina shooting: Mayor | World news
A North Carolina mayor announced that five people, including a police officer, were killed in a shooting in a residential…
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Iraqi parliament members elected former minister Abdul Latif as the country’s next president | World news
Iraqi lawmakers on Wednesday elected former minister Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s next president, defying threats of further violence…
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Haiti: ‘Hopeful’, saving infant lives, amid growing chaos |
But in the midst of violence and impotence, workers from the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, are doing…
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World Earth Day: Why it matters and this year’s theme | World news
In order to raise awareness about the importance of eye health, World Eye Day is observed every year on the…
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Africa: The response to the climate crisis does not match the ‘scale of the challenge’ |
During the debate on improving the response to the effects of climate change on peace and security in Africa, the…
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DR Congo sees a deadly victory in inter-regional violence |
The conflict between the Teke and Yaka communities is said to be over a traditional land tax. Since July, insecurity…
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Elon Musk and Kanye West have a conversation. The topic was: Twitter and tweets | World news
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is ready to be the next owner of Twitter, said on Tuesday that…
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Time to make the neglected area of mental health a ‘global priority’, urges Guterres |
In his message marking World Mental Health Day, the UN chief said the “profound” social and economic repercussions stemming from…
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