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EU raises spectre of trade war if UK rewrites Northern Ireland protocol
May 19, 2022 04:24Brussels vows to respond with ‘all measures at its disposal’ as UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss sets out plan to make changes and rewrite the Northern Ireland protocol.
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Boris Johnson created this Brexit mess in Northern Ireland – and he should own it
May 19, 2022 04:00The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson lacks the authority to fix the problems his protocol has caused. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland suffers.
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Shireen Abu Akleh’s blood is on the hands of Israeli regime’s “friends”
May 16, 2022 10:02The Zionist regime’s international friends bear responsibility for each Palestinian fatality in the context of the occupation, even when they purport to oppose the deadly violence.
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Millions of tonnes of dead animals: The growing scandal of fish waste
May 11, 2022 08:55Dumped at sea, lost on land or left to rot in shops and fridges, the global catch of fish is being wasted like never before – hurting not only the oceans but the nutrition of billions of people. Can it be reversed?
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‘Potentially devastating’: Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics
May 01, 2022 11:21‘Zoonotic spillovers’ or the transmission of pathogens from wild animals to humans, expected to rise with at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over next 50 years.
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Rabble-rousers sowing seeds of discord between Iran, Afghanistan
Apr 25, 2022 10:59Iran's Envoy to the UN, Majid Takht Ravanchi, speaking at a UN Security Council session on Afghanistan recently, said that Tehran had done all in its power to support Afghan refugees over the past four decades, despite harsh sanctions.
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Why WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne
Apr 21, 2022 10:32Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. That mistake and the prolonged process of correcting it sowed confusion and raises questions about what will happen in the next pandemic.
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Can drugs reduce the risk of long COVID? What scientists know so far
Mar 28, 2022 09:21Researchers are trying to establish whether existing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments can prevent lasting symptoms.
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Five ways AI is saving wildlife – from counting chimps to locating whales
Feb 23, 2022 07:11Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been identified as one of the top three emerging technologies in conservation, helping protect species around the world.
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As crypto goes mainstream, its carbon footprint can’t be ignored
Jan 30, 2022 07:04The increasing popularity of cryptocurrency has environmentalists on edge, as the digital “mining” of it creates a massive carbon footprint due to the staggering amount of energy it requires.