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WWF calls for ambitious, consensual framework to halt biodiversity loss
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WWF calls for ambitious, consensual framework to halt biodiversity loss

Nairobi, June 27: The international community should agree on the establishment of a new and transformative framework to strengthen conservation of biodiversity in the light of threats fuelled by human actions and the climate crisis, senior officials from World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said. ...
In Ukraine, war is turning love into marriages
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In Ukraine, war is turning love into marriages

Kyiv, Ukraine: When the couple awoke to the rumble of war on Feb. 24, they'd been dating for just over a year. Russia was invading and Ihor Zakvatskyi knew there was no more time to lose. He fished out the engagement ring he'd bought but, until then, not yet been ready to give to Kateryna...
Russia defaults on overseas debt for 1st time in over a century
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Russia defaults on overseas debt for 1st time in over a century

Moscow, June 27: Russia has defaulted on its overseas debt for the first time in more than a century after missing a deadline, reports suggest. Russia has the money to make a $100 million payment and is willing to pay, but sanctions have made it impossible to get the sum to international...
UN human rights chief blasts US abortion ruling
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UN human rights chief blasts US abortion ruling

United Nations, June 25: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has denounced the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade that established a constitutional right to abortion, saying that it was a huge blow to women's human rights and gender equality. ...
Pakistan quietly jails 26/11 handler Sajid Mir for 15 years in terror financing case
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Pakistan quietly jails 26/11 handler Sajid Mir for 15 years in terror financing...

Lahore, Jun 2: Sajid Majeed Mir, one of India's most wanted terrorists on whom the US has placed a bounty of USD 5 million for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has been jailed for over 15 years in a terror-financing case by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan, which is struggling to exit...
26/11 attacks handler, once claimed to be dead, arrested in Pak
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26/11 attacks' handler, once claimed to be dead, arrested in Pak

New Delhi, June 25: Years after denying his presence and even claiming he was dead, Pakistan has reportedly arrested Sajid Mir, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative and the main handler of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Mir, involved in the November 2008 siege -- when a team of 10 men carried out...
India sends aid to quake-hit Afghanistan
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India sends aid to quake-hit Afghanistan

New Delhi, June 24: The Centre has dispatched 27 tons of emergency relief assistance to earthquake-hit Afghanistan, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. "In the wake of the tragic earthquake that struck Afghanistan on June 22, 2022 causing massive destruction and loss of precious...
Ukrainian army to leave battered city to avoid encirclement
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Ukrainian army to leave battered city to avoid encirclement

Kyiv, Jun 24: After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces will retreat from a besieged city in the country's east to avoid encirclement, a regional governor said Friday. The city of Sievierodonetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region, has faced relentless Russian...
Death toll from Afghanistan
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Death toll from Afghanistan's quake rises to 1,150 people

Gayan (Afghanistan), Jun 24: The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan continued to climb days after it turned brick and stone homes into rubble, killing 1,150 people and wounding scores more, according to the latest figures carried in state media on Friday. The country of 38...
Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided
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Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided

Washington, Jun 24: In a major expansion of gun rights after a series of mass shootings, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defence, a ruling likely to lead to more people legally armed. The decision came out as Congress and states...
UK detects polio virus in London sewage samples
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UK detects polio virus in London sewage samples

London, June 23: Health officials in the UK have found poliovirus in sewage samples in London, 19 years after it was eliminated by 2003. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the poliovirus in sewage samples collected from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, was probably...
World Health Network declares monkeypox outbreak a pandemic
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World Health Network declares monkeypox outbreak a pandemic

Washington, June 23: The current monkeypox outbreak, which has infected 3,417 people across 42 countries, has on Thursday been declared a pandemic by World Health Network (WHN), a global collaboration of scientific and citizen teams. The declaration comes ahead of the World Health Organization's...
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