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The first step in using trees to slow climate change: Protect the trees we have
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SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 13 (IPS) – ‘No one is protected from the global pandemic until everyone is’ has become a popular mantra....
“If Only the Fighting Would Stop” A Sudanese Woman’s Wish
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‘Tremendously off track’ to meet 2030 SDGs: UN chief
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Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger
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UN reports ‘leap forward’ in regulating DNA-altering technology to benefit all
Releasing two companion reports on Monday, the UN health agency has provided the first global recommendations for DNA-altering technology, known as human genome editing, to be used as a safe, effective and ethical public health tool to...
COVID-19 vaccine booster doses as Delta variant rips around the world shows ‘disappointing inequality’: WHO
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BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 12 (IPS) – If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in...
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