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Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives – WMO report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrLaT1wyLaE   Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50…

Taiwan receives first batch of politically charged Pfizer vaccines

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwan received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines on Thursday, a delivery organized by two…

Israel starts new school year as virus cases surge

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel reopened its schools Wednesday after the summer break but the coronavirus forced many students to stay…

Sri Lanka raids sugar stocks as food shortages bite

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Sri Lankan government officials on Wednesday raided private warehouses to seize thousands of tonnes of…

Moderna says, tainted Covid vaccines sent to Japan contained steel

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Moderna said Wednesday that tainted batches of its Covid-19 vaccine sent to Japan were contaminated…

Sri Lanka declares food emergency as forex crisis worsens

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Sri Lanka on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over food shortages as private banks…

Floods threaten hundreds of thousands in northeast India

GUWAHATI, India (AFP) -- Flood waters rose Monday across northeastern India, where hundreds of thousands of people are stranded on…

Rockets fly in Kabul as US evacuations wind down

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Rockets flew across the Afghan capital on Monday as the United States raced to complete its…

North Korea appears to have restarted nuclear reactor: UN agency

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor in a "deeply troubling"…

UAE says it will resume visas for tourists vaccinated against Covid

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The United Arab Emirates announced it will resume issuing visas to all tourists fully…

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