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Pandemics, Climate Change 'Intensify' Global Health Threats

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Op-ed

Ending COVID Could Be A New Dawn For Climate

Lifestyle

Do “Self-Cleaning” Elevator Buttons Really Work?

News

France, World’s Most Vaccine-Sceptic Country, Warily Eyes Covid-19 Shots

News

South Africa Fears Virus Comeback As Cluster Outbreaks Flare

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All Change: India's Railways Bring Back Tea In Clay Cups In Bid To Banish Plastics

2020-12-03

A small and humble relic from India’s past is about to stage a major comeback. At all 7,000 railway stations..

France, World’s Most Vaccine-Sceptic Country, Warily Eyes Covid-19 Shots
2020-12-03
South Africa Fears Virus Comeback As Cluster Outbreaks Flare
2020-12-03
US Jewish Doctor Tweets On Treating Covid Patient With Nazi Tattoos
2020-12-03
Official: Africa Needs COVID-19 Vaccine For 60 Percent In 2-3 Years
2020-12-03

Youth Opportunity

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Success Story Hong Kong Reimposes Tough New Virus Restrictions

2020-07-15

Hong Kong (AFP): Hong Kong reimposed tough social distancing measures on Wednesday -- shuttering many businesses and making facemasks on public transport mandatory -- after a ...

2020-02-05

Every two years, 17 young change-makers are recognized for their leadership and contribution to a more sustainable world. Convened by the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, ...

2020-02-01

United nations: The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs is looking for young persons (ages 18 – 24) motivated to use their talents to help ...

Gadgets

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Testing Tech Ideas In Public? San Francisco Says Get Permit
2019-12-11
Go Grandmaster Says Computers 'Cannot Be Defeated'
2019-11-27
Tesla Cybertruck Orders Near 150,000 Just Days After Chaotic Launch
2019-11-24
Watch This: China Surveillance Tech Seeks To Go Global
2019-11-24

Smartphones Transformed Everything. Now, There’s More Disruption To Come.

2020-09-25

Illustrations from the last decade of our smartphone coverage, by (from left) Jon Krause (“Step Away From the Phone,” 2018) and Rami Niemi (“The New

Sports

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Sport Pays Tribute To Maradona With Tears, Applause, Silence, Banners And Song

2020-11-29

Paris (AFP): On the first weekend of sporting action since the death of Diego Maradona, sports, leagues and teams round the..

Delayed Tokyo Olympics To Cost Additional $1.9bn

Tokyo (AFP): The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics could cost $1.9 billion more than its original budget of $13 billion, a 15..
Nothing To Shout About: Olympic Fans May Face Cheering Ban

Tokyo (AFP): Fans may be asked not to cheer at the Tokyo Olympics to avoid the risk of spreading the..

Asia

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COVID-19: New Surveys Show Poverty Crisis In Asia

2020-07-10

Findings from World Vision’s Out of Time report reinforce predictions of an emerging global poverty and food insecurity crisis. According to the United Nations, COVID-19..

2020-05-29

Hong Kong (AFP): False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic buying,..

Lifestyle

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Do “Self-Cleaning” Elevator Buttons Really Work?

2020-12-03

Do “self-cleaning” elevator buttons really work? Without rigorous independent studies, experts say it’s hard to verify claims of “self-cleaning” or “antiviral”..

Covid Crisis Pushes Jobless Into Survival Mode

Paris (AFP): AFP has spoken to workers around the world who suddenly lost their jobs..

Handmade With Love: Nepali Takes Grandma's Socks To The World

Kathmandu (AFP): Every winter, Lorina Sthapit and her cousins would warm their feet in woollen..

Multimedia

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World Earth Day: Pollution Is An Aggravating Factor On Coronavirus

The Naked Truth: Was The "Nude Mona Lisa" Really Drawn By Da Vinci?

Uganda's Pop Icon To Presidential Candidate: A Profile Of Bobi Wine

Thunberg's Address To France Was 'powerful, passionate, and well-informed'

Greta Thunberg: 'These numbers are as real as it gets'

My Story

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Hiroshima Survivors Worry That World Will Forget

In this image made from video, Koko Kondo speaks during an video interview ...
With No End In Sight To The Coronavirus, Some Teachers Are Retiring Rather Than Going Back To School

When Christina Curfman thought about whether she could return to her second-grade classroom ...
"Fear Will Not Fill Our Bellies": Why Indian Scavengers Risk Their Lives Amid Coronavirus Debris

New Delhi, India: Mansoor Khan and his wife Latifa Bibi (pictured below) have been ...

Interview

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Youth Campaign

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Thai Student-protesters Aim For Ambitious Political Change

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2020, file photo, pro-democracy demonstrators march to ...
Greta Thunberg And Youth Climate Protests Make A Return

STOCKHOLM (AP): Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg is back. She joined fellow demonstrators ...
'Our First Dictatorship Is School': Thai Kids Revolt

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Wearing white ribbons, publicly hacking off their hair and making ...

UN News

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Climate Action: It’s Time To Make Peace With Nature, UN Chief Urges

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UN Calls On Humanity To End ‘War On Nature,’ Go Carbon-Free
2020-12-03
2020 One Of Three Hottest Years Ever: UN
2020-12-02
COVID-19 Worsening Gender-Based Violence, Trafficking Risk, For Women And Girls
2020-12-01
Growing Potatoes In The Air: Agricultural Innovation In Rwanda
2020-12-01