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Time running out for many Maldives islands
Published on 06/04/2024
» MALÉ, Maldives — To live in the Maldives is to live in one of two worlds. Either you belong to the capital — Malé, a micro-Manhattan in the Indian Ocean — or you are out in “the islands,” among the quietest and most remote villages this side of the Arctic tundra.
Top consultancy undermining climate change fight: whistleblowers
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» PARIS - The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and leaked documents.
'Without hope': crackdown rattles Afghans in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» KARACHI - The cow had been slaughtered and bags of rice purchased but young bride Wahida's nuptials were cut short when her groom was arrested on their wedding day, one of hundreds caught in a recent crackdown on Afghans living in Pakistan.
Fire in Johannesburg kills more than 70
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - A fire that engulfed a five-storey building taken over for illegal housing killed more than 70 people including children in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city's emergency services said.
Building fire kills at least 52 in Johannesburg
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/08/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - A fire in a five-story building in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial capital, left at least 52 people dead, city officials said.
Missing a beat: Music stars quiet in Nigerian campaign
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» LAGOS: Nigeria's Afrobeats resonates all over Africa, and in the West, where young people sing and dance to the rhythms of Burna Boy, Wizkid and Tems.
China says no new Covid deaths after changing criteria
AFP, Published on 22/12/2022
» BEIJING - China said Wednesday that no one had died of Covid-19 the previous day, after changing the criteria such that most virus deaths are no longer counted, as the World Health Organization said it was "very concerned" about the new wave of cases.
China-HK border will ‘fully reopen’ next month
Published on 16/12/2022
» The border between Hong Kong and mainland China is set to “fully reopen” early next month for the first time in three years, the South China Morning Post has reported, as the Communist Party rolls back Covid restrictions to bolster its faltering economy.
Warnings of tough times over China's rapid zero-Covid exit
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2022
» BEIJING: A week after China began dismantling its tough 'zero-Covid' controls, the World Health Organization warned of "very tough" times ahead and state media reported some seriously ill patients at hospitals in Beijing, raising fears of a wave of infections.
Australia blames Russian hackers for medical data theft
AFP, Published on 11/11/2022
» SYDNEY - Russian hackers carried out a cyberattack on a major Australian healthcare company that breached the data of 9.7 million people, including the country's prime minister, police said Friday.