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Air pollution greatest global threat to human health, says benchmark study
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Air pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person on planet Earth than smoking or alcohol, with the threat worsening in its global epicenter South Asia even as China fast improves, a study showed Tuesday.
Polluted air cuts global life expectancy by two years
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday.
Adieu Prince Philip and Desmond Tutu: 2021's notable deaths
AFP, Published on 28/12/2021
» PARIS: From Britain's Prince Philip to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, here are some of the most notable deaths of 2021.
Pandemic to be 'far more deadly' this year, WHO warns
AFP, Published on 15/05/2021
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped.
Britain set to ease Covid-19 lockdown
AFP, Published on 10/05/2021
» LONDON: Britain on Monday was set to announce a further easing of its coronavirus lockdown, joining several European nations in gradually reopening their economies, but India remained in the grip of a devastating outbreak.
BBC journalist freed in Myanmar as anti-coup protests roll on
AFP, Published on 22/03/2021
» YANGON: A BBC journalist held in Myanmar has been freed, the broadcaster said on Monday, as demonstrators took to the streets for fresh anti-coup protests against the military.
Myanmar protesters hit streets at dawn as Mandalay reels from 8 deaths
AFP, Published on 22/03/2021
» YANGON: Anti-coup protesters marched against the military junta at a pre-dawn rally in Myanmar's second largest city on Monday, a day after eight demonstrators were killed.
Protester shot dead in Myanmar, 2 Australians in custody
AFP, Published on 21/03/2021
» YANGON: Security forces in Myanmar shot dead an anti-coup protester Sunday, as the Australian government confirmed it is assisting two nationals who were detained after trying to leave Rangoon.
Captain in awe as Boult, Guptill power New Zealand to emphatic ODI win
AFP, Published on 20/03/2021
» DUNEDIN (NEW ZEALAND) - New Zealand captain Tom Latham called it "awesome" as star performers Trent Boult and Martin Guptill powered the Black Caps to an emphatic eight wicket win over Bangladesh in the opening one-day international in Dunedin on Saturday.
WHO experts to meet on AstraZeneca shot
AFP, Published on 16/03/2021
» GENEVA: WHO safety experts prepared to meet Tuesday to discuss the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine whose rollout has been halted in several European countries over blood-clot fears, imperilling the pandemic fight as infection rates surge in several countries.