Pet dogs and strays suffer in Asia heatwave
By Sailendra Sil with Rose Troup Buchanan in Bangkok Soaring temperatures across Kolkata have brought life in much of the…
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Environment
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WHO says US keeping them updated on bird flu outbreak
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Kenya delays schools reopening due to floods
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