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Botanists comb Gabon’s rich rainforests with nature on the line

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Each year, Gabon’s lush rainforests yield the discovery of previously unknown plant species to botanists like Archange Boupoya, who believes that this exceptional yet largely mysterious natural wealth needs cataloguing to save. “We cannot preserve that which we do not understand,” said Boupoya, the director of the Sibang botanical garden, a sliver of tropical forest in the heart of the… Read More
Africa 

Iranian president says Middle East can solve its problems without United States

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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the Middle East can solve its problems without the involvement of the United States. “I believe we are capable of resolving our problems in the region without relying on the United States,” Pezeshkian said. The two leaders held talks on the sidelines of a summit of the… Read More
Human Rights 

Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay awarded Nobel Peace Prize

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She was honoured “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement.  The committee said the award was going “to a person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order,” noting that she “has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against… Read More
Europe 

Security Council LIVE: World leaders debate ongoing war in Ukraine

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Five years of war. Another winter closing in. Today, the Security Council once again debates a path to peace – though any resolution still runs up against the veto of Russia, one of its own permanent members, whose objections have repeatedly stalled any consensus. As world leaders take the floor, the gap between diplomatic process and battlefield reality appears to… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

WHO releases guidelines to help countries maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems overstretched and unable to operate effectively. Previous outbreaks have demonstrated that when health systems are overwhelmed, mortality from vaccine-preventable and other treatable conditions can also increase dramatically. During the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, the increased number… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

#BeActive for the UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

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FIFA has joined forces with the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in supporting the #BeActive campaign launched on the UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace to encourage people to be #HealthyAtHome as the world comes together in the fight against COVID-19, today and every day. WHO recommends all healthy adults do at least… Read More
Africa 

Portugal: Lisbon housing crisis sparks protest outside parliament

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Last updated: 3 hours ago Keys, cardboard houses and red carnations filled the air outside Portugal’s parliament on Tuesday evening as thousands of demonstrators rallied in Lisbon over the housing crisis and alleged police violence. Protesters sang “É a nossa morada” (“This is where we live”) and chanted against fascism, while banners called for housing rights and condemned the treatment… Read More
Africa 

Israel: opposition supporters celebrate narrow lead in exit polls

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Last updated: 2 hours ago As the projections appeared on giant screens, Eisenkot’s supporters broke into chants of “Bibi, go home!” and “Who’s coming? The next prime minister!” The polls put the anti-Netanyahu bloc on 52–53 seats against about 50 for the prime minister’s allies, leaving both short of the 61 needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Likud… Read More
Pacific 

Nepal floods: ‘Apocalyptic’ destruction signals wider climate threat across Himalayas

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The warning comes from Sara Netzer, regional director with UN field operations office UNOPS, which provides infrastructure, procurement and project management services across the world.  Fresh from Nepal, she updated journalists in Geneva on the extent of the destruction, how UNOPS and partners have been supporting the response, and the difficulties of building back after devastation.  “As we think about… Read More
Pacific 

When a country goes underwater: Island States fight for their future

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Yet, for the people of some low-lying small island States, what is at stake is more than just their houses. Their countries face the possibility of substantial losses of land territory and even complete submergence, which could render them uninhabitable.  Where will they go? What will happen to their nationalities? Their culture?  Global mean sea level is rising and accelerating. By… Read More
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