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The energy and food crisis is far worse than most Americans realize
May 22, 2022 09:19Experts are warning of the worst global food crisis since WWII. It is a crisis that will have its severest impacts on the poorest countries, and poor people in relatively wealthy countries, especially those already experiencing food insecurity.
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Top Tories say Rishi Sunak’s hopes of becoming UK’s prime minister are over
Apr 11, 2022 05:06UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is believed to be considering a ministerial reshuffle in the summer or autumn. There are known to have been tensions between No 10 and No 11 after the Chancellor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak offered only lukewarm support to Johnson at the height of the scandal over lockdown-busting parties, before Russia’s special operation in Ukraine.
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On its seventh anniversary, Yemen seeks to end a war the world has forgotten (1)
Apr 08, 2022 20:16Many Yemenis feel that the war on their country has been forgotten despite its significantly higher death toll and the fact that it is marked by much more blatant violations of human rights.
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IPCC report: ‘Now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster
Apr 07, 2022 07:45According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, and can be nearly halved this decade to give the world a chance of limiting future heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
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Genome data gaps could stymie search for next COVID variant
Apr 02, 2022 15:21Researchers are concerned that data gaps could make it harder to spot the next COVID-19 variant of concern, and could frustrate efforts to respond to it quickly.
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Justice for Palestine cannot depend on media coverage
Apr 01, 2022 13:03We cannot rely on the Western media to tell the whole truth about Palestine.
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As COVID cases surge in Europe, US defunds pandemic response
Mar 21, 2022 19:18The White House has recently announced that it will be scaling back public health measures to fight the COVID-19 virus despite surging infections rates elsewhere in the world and critics who say that it is much too premature to act as though the pandemic is over.
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Flood of Ukrainian refugees: Shadow of ‘crisis of century’ over EU
Mar 17, 2022 13:56The Europeans, as longtime allies of the United States who have played a significant role in the Ukraine crisis through their actions and stances, now find themselves facing a large population of Ukrainians. They have to give shelter to the displaced Ukrainians despite domestic economic problems and the coronavirus pandemic.
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Keys to Iran’s national strength
Mar 13, 2022 10:30Despite the illegal US sanctions, or more properly intense economic terrorism, the Iranian people with their patience, resilience, and spirit of sacrifice have made the plots of their enemies go awry, to the extent that they are models of emulation for the masses and the independent governments of the region and beyond, which seek the Islamic Republic’s positive influence, to the chagrin of the US and its surrogates.
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Study shows COVID-19 infection linked to brain shrinkage, cognitive decline
Mar 10, 2022 15:46A new study published in the journal Nature shows an association between brain size and structure among those infected by the COVID-19 virus.