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UN report finds humans need to value nature as well as profits to survive
Jul 13, 2022 22:44According to a UN report, a market-based focus on short-term profits and economic growth means the wider benefits of nature have been ignored, which has led to bad decisions that have reduced people’s wellbeing and contributed to climate and nature crises.
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Airstrikes kill 19 in Ukraine's Odessa as NATO vows war on Russia
Jul 01, 2022 06:27At least 19 people have been killed and dozens wounded in missile strikes in Ukraine’s Odessa region following the withdrawal of Russian forces from the area and the US-led military alliance's threat of full-scale war against Moscow.
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Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers shift back to coal as Moscow turns down gas flows
Jun 20, 2022 11:59Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers race to find alternative fuel supplies and could burn more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia that threaten an energy crisis in winter if stores are not refilled.
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'Europe committing energy suicide by imposing sanctions on Moscow'
Jun 18, 2022 09:55The head of a Russian oil giant says European nations are committing energy suicide by following the United States in imposing sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
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Climate-friendly diets can make a huge difference – even if you don’t go all-out vegan
Jun 06, 2022 10:05Changing habits can be hard but even partial shifts from meat-based menus could significantly decrease planet-heating emissions.
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Putin: Russia supports expansion of trade cooperation between Iran and Eurasian Economic Union
May 28, 2022 01:24Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country supports the initiative to extend an interim free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran despite the “confrontation” by the “collective West.”
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WHO calls for quick action against monkeypox in non-endemic countries
May 27, 2022 12:55The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries around the globe to take quick action to contain the spread of monkeypox in non-endemic countries.
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Leader: Hostile rivalries among global powers, wars compound challenges facing world
May 25, 2022 09:49Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the hostile rivalries among world powers and the increasing military belligerence of nuclear powers have compounded the challenges for other countries.
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Monkeypox outbreak is ‘containable,’ WHO says after confirming more cases
May 24, 2022 14:26The World Health Organization (WHO) says a recent outbreak of an extremely rare disease called monkeypox is “containable” in non-endemic countries,” even as health experts have been baffled by the recent spike in countries with no history of the viral disease.
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WHO set to hold emergency meeting on ‘monkeypox’ outbreak as virus spreads across Europe
May 20, 2022 13:13The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to hold an emergency meeting on the outbreak of the rare monkeypox virus, which is spreading in the European continent at an unprecedented speed.