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Asian markets tumble on Omicron spike, Biden spending bill doubts
Dec 20, 2021 15:25Asian stocks and oil prices sank Monday on fears about a fresh global surge in coronavirus infections and as the future of US President Joe Biden's massive social spending bill was thrown into doubt after it lost the crucial vote of a moderate Democrat.
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Scientists say warmer winters can wreak as much havoc as hotter summers
Dec 19, 2021 10:19Warmer winters are happening across the globe, and can be drivers of catastrophic weather events and profound changes.
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Does the Omicron variant mean COVID is going to become more transmissible?
Dec 05, 2021 10:30In the case of coronavirus, there is also an obvious hole in the argument: transmission normally occurs before symptoms start or during the earliest stage of symptoms, meaning that severity of illness has little influence on the spread of the virus.
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The new variant is worrying – but it doesn’t change how we tackle COVID
Dec 02, 2021 10:07The only way to stop B.1.1.529 and other coronavirus mutations is through testing, masks, and getting vaccines to everyone in the world
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Cause of the pathetic plight of children worldwide
Nov 25, 2021 19:00Unfortunately, the modern world of science and technology which has drifted away from spiritual values, has become totally devoid of humanitarian tendencies, and begun to view children as objects of the carnal and commercial desires of the unprincipled adults.
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US nuclear sub accident warns of potential for catastrophe
Nov 15, 2021 15:43On October 7, the US Navy announced that five days earlier, on October 2, its Seawolf-class nuclear-powered and nuclear-weapons-capable submarine USS Connecticut had hit an unidentified object in the South China Sea. The US Navy’s announcement was brief and vague.
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Forced displacement significantly increased across globe in first half of 2021: UN
Nov 12, 2021 07:37The number of people fleeing war, conflict and persecution rose significantly during the first half of 2021, driven especially by the millions more displaced inside their own countries, the UN says.
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Key report says world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C
Nov 11, 2021 09:51Global temperatures are likely to rise more than 2C above pre-industrial levels by 2100, with even the most optimistic scenario passing the Paris agreement’s 1.5C goal.
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'Bombshell': Total knew about climate threat from fossil fuels for decades, but denied it
Oct 25, 2021 15:43The dire consequences of climate change we are now experiencing could have been avoided if Total executives 50 years ago had decided that the future of the planet is more important than their profits.
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Iran’s exports to SCO rose 61% in H1 fiscal year: IRICA
Oct 22, 2021 06:22Iranian exports to countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) rose by 61% in value terms in the six months to September 22.