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Pakistan shuts down schools as AQI becomes 3x worse than Delhi on Diwali
Pakistan's Lahore is facing an unprecedented air pollution crisis, with its AQI exceeding 1,000, pr…
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Over 6,500 adolescent girls die giving birth every year across South Asia, says a recent study
According to the joint analysis, every year, nearly 6,500 adolescent girls die in childbirth in Sou…
PTI
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Air pollution caused 8.1 million deaths in 2021 globally, 2.1 million in India, notes HEI Report
The report mentioned that air pollution was one of the leading risk factors for death in South Asia…
PTI
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Over 43 million children displaced by floods, storms, droughts, wildfires between 2016-2021
The Unicef has revealed that more than 43 million children have been displaced from their homes by …
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The US will pay for migrants' flights out of Panama to close a route used by over 700,000 people to reach the US-Mexico border
Around 520,000 people crossed the treacherous Darién Gap in 2023, many on their way to the US. Anot…
Matthew Loh
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2 cargo ships caught fire after being hit by projectiles in suspected Houthi attacks off the coast of Yemen
Two cargo ships were hit by a missile and an unknown projectile suspected to have been fired by Hou…
Cameron Manley
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Gen Z students lead pro-Palestine demonstrations while their Boomer professors see parallels to past protest eras
Indiana University has cracked down on pro-Palestine student protestors. A baby boomer and Gen Z de…
Hannah Getahun
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A Russian journalist is auctioning off his Nobel Peace Prize medal to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees
"If we look at the number of refugees, we basically have World War III, not a local conflict," Mura…
Cheryl Teh
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The war in Ukraine has left 5.2 million kids in need of assistance so far
Children trapped on current war fronts are in need of the most basic kind of necessities like food …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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India a prime example of successfully growing domestic pharma industry: UNICEF official
India is a prime example of successfully growing a domestic pharmaceutical industry capable of meet…
PTI
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More than 100 Ukrainian children have been killed since the war began, according to UNICEF
The refugee agency said another 134 kids have been reported injured in the conflict, though the tru…
Erin Snodgrass
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More than half of Ukraine's children have been displaced since the war began, according to UNICEF
Since Russia invaded Ukraine one month ago, 4.3 million children — more than half of the country's …
Erin Snodgrass
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A Ukrainian child has become a refugee almost every single second since Russia invaded, according to UNICEF
Three million refugees have already fled Ukraine, while another 2 million are displaced within the …
Erin Snodgrass
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Why Israel's push into Gaza is killing so many children
Children constitute 41% of the 8,000-plus Palestinians reported killed by the IDF's Gaza offensive.…
Lila Hassan,Mattathias Schwar…
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Less than 1 in 5 Bangladeshi kids could learn remotely during Covid: Unicef report
Fewer than one in five children (18.7 per cent) in Bangladesh participated in remote learning durin…
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The world could face a shortage of 1 billion to 2 billion vaccine syringes by 2022, WHO says
A massive shortage of vaccine syringes, brought on by a global push for COVID-19 vaccines, could de…
Matthew Loh
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Water in Southern Gaza remains 'limited' despite US urging Israel to end the shutoff
"The water pipe" — despite what a top Biden official claimed on Sunday — is not "back o…
Mattathias Schwartz
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Syria 'massacre': Government attack kills 4 children on their way to school, UN says
Shelling from territory controlled by the Syrian government struck a market in opposition-held Idli…
Charles Davis
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10 million kids in Afghanistan depend on humanitarian aid to survive and one million kids could die from malnutrition this year, UN says
The World Food Program said 40% of Afghanistan's wheat crops have already been lost and the cost of…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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UN's World Food Programme says 14 million people in Afghanistan are 'marching toward starvation' if no aid is provided
United Nations agencies have warned that millions of Afghans could starve without foreign aid, as t…