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Re-imagining rice amid climate threats
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 11/06/2023
» Rice is in trouble as Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people. Sometimes there's not enough rain when seedlings need water, or too much when the plants need to keep their heads above water. As the sea intrudes, salt ruins the crop. As nights warm, yields go down.
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Meet the climate hackers of Malawi
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 14/05/2023
» When it comes to growing food, some of the smallest farmers in the world are becoming some of the most creative farmers in the world. Like Judith Harry and her neighbours, they are sowing pigeon peas to shade their soils from a hotter, more scorching sun. They are planting vetiver grass to keep floodwaters at bay.
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Kids 'most likely' to suffer climate impact
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/03/2023
» Children in the northeastern and southern regions of Thailand face the highest risk of climate change, according to a study released yesterday by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).
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How to prevent humanitarian crises in future
Oped, Published on 28/02/2023
» The world is in the midst of the worst food crisis in modern history. As a confluence of geopolitical, economic, and climate crises fuels global shortages, a staggering 326 million people in dozens of countries need humanitarian aid, with 222 million facing acute food insecurity and up to 50 million at risk of starving to death.
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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.
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Rescuers search for bodies as Philippines storm death toll hits 101
Published on 31/10/2022
» Philippine rescuers on Monday waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the death toll from a powerful storm rose to 101.
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Asia-Pacific facing a food crisis
Oped, Published on 05/10/2022
» We live in a world full of competing interests and disagreements. Yet despite this, there is one underlying interest that we all share. It is in all our interests to have access to safe, affordable and nutritious food at all times. The question is will there be enough food for all in the not-too-distant future, and will it be produced sustainably?
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Europe goes greyer for tattoos
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 17/07/2022
» Along a bare torso and down a thigh, the sun glints through ocean waters and bathes coral and fish in aqueous light. On a lower leg, vivid frogs tense, as if preparing to jump from dewy leaves. A mischievous child with twinkling blue eyes stares out from an inner bicep.
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Myanmar's crises: A recipe for disaster
Oped, Published on 23/06/2022
» 'The military exploits [natural resources] as they like, and we do what we like," says Myint, who lives in Khamti township in north-western Sagaing region -- one of the sites with the most clashes between the Myanmar military and resistance forces. "Everyone knows that one day there'll be no more resources and this will harm the environment. But in these difficulties, to find daily income we have no choice."
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Hong Kong proposes banning CBD products within year
Published on 12/06/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's law enforcement authorities have proposed banning CBD products within this year after finding that a third of such items sold in the city contain traces of an illegal active ingredient in marijuana.
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