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23 Apr
'Only 5%' of Afghanistan's humanitarian needs funded for 2023, researcher says. Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021, women have been robbed of their right to learn, work and move freely.
14 Oct 2022
The damage done by chemical and air pollution is no mystery: Plastic has seeped into virtually all of the worlds ecosystems no matter how difficult they are to reach. Air pollution meanwhile, is estimated to cause some 6.5 million deaths per year worldwide.
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As part of the so-called AUKUS (Australia-UK-US) security pact, the partners will supply nuclear submarines to Australia beginning in the early 2030s in an attempt to counter growing Chinese military ambitions across the Indo-Pacific.
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Simmering tensions between India and Canada over a Sikh separatist movement could spill into India's 2024 election season.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo wants to process its own raw materials rather than simply exporting them. To succeed, the country needs roads, electricity and skilled workers.
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A nationwide vaccination campaign against bird flu in ducks kicked off in France on Monday, with the country hoping to put an end to costly mass culls. But the poultry industry is risking a trade backlash.
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Bavarians are known for their independence. The political expression of this is the Christian Social Union — the regional conservative party and feisty southern sibling to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.
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After a last-minute budget deal avoided another possible government shutdown in the United States, Republican infighting about the House speaker's future could end up benefiting Democrats. We also take a look at why Slovakia's elections are just the latest development suggesting unconditional Western aid to Ukraine could soon come to an end. Plus, we finish with a surprising fact about surgery: women make better surgeons than men.