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Bangladesh building fire kills 45, injures dozens
Reuters, Published on 01/03/2024
» DHAKA - A massive fire in Bangladesh that raced through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with children were dining has killed at least 45 people and injured dozens, the health minister said on Friday.
What the climate fight is really about
Oped, Published on 02/08/2023
» Climate change is no longer a future problem. It is here, and the effects are all around. Worse, today's extreme weather events are just a preview of the pain that awaits humanity in the coming decades, almost regardless of how fast we manage to decarbonise the economy this year or next.
Octogenarian architect aims to flood-proof Pakistan
AFP, Published on 20/05/2023
» TANDO ALLAHYAR, Pakistan: At 82 years old, architect Yasmeen Lari is forging the way in fortifying Pakistan's rural communities living on the frontline of climate change.
PM2.5 woe for asthma sufferers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/03/2023
» PM2.5 dust pollution can worsen the severity of symptoms suffered by people with asthma, doctors have warned.
Divorced Afghan women forced back to abusive ex-husbands
AFP, Published on 06/03/2023
» KABUL - Abused for years by her ex-husband who broke all of her teeth, Marwa has retreated into hiding with her eight children after Taliban commanders tore up her divorce.
Karabakh blockade leads to 'full-blown crisis'
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan: Zhanna Petrosyan's flat offers little protection as temperatures plummet below zero both within and outside its walls, leaving her family of six shivering amid the blockade of a disputed region of Azerbaijan.
45 dead, 20 missing as Ukraine ends tower block search
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» DNIPRO (UKRAINE) - Rescuers called off the search Tuesday for victims of the Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, with 20 people still missing and funerals being held in the grief-stricken community.
Study linking asthma and cooking gas stirs debate
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» PARIS: New research that links cooking with natural gas to around 12% of childhood asthma cases has sparked debate about the health risks of kitchen stoves, as well as calls in the United States for stepped-up regulation.
Gas cooking linked to 12.7% of childhood asthma in US: study
AFP, Published on 07/01/2023
» PARIS - Cooking with gas indoors has been linked to 12.7 percent of all childhood asthma cases in the United States, a new study has found, comparing its effect on health to that of second-hand smoking.
Fighting for a place to breathe
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 01/01/2023
» In the shadow of a retired coal-fired power plant in India's capital, Meena Devi tries to make her family home -- four brick walls with a tin roof -- a safe place to breathe.