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Austria returns dozens of looted Indigenous remains to New Zealand
The remains of scores of Indigenous Maori and Moriori people began a journey home to New Zealand on Tuesday, officials
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Courts new climate battleground
Governments around the world must scale up climate action "or face further legal action," an open letter from
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Climate change at ‘point of no return’: primatologist
Earth's climate is changing so quickly that humanity is running out of chances to fix it, primatologist Jane Goodal
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UNESCO meeting discusses threats
Unequal access to new technologies, illicit trafficking and other threats to cultural heritage were among the issues on
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Online govt services improve, digital divides remain: UN
Despite the many crises of the past two years, e-government strategies have been advanced although many countries and mu
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Half world’s birds in decline, species moving ‘ever faster’ toward extinction
Almost half of all bird species are in decline globally and one in eight is threatened with extinction, according to a m
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Researchers find link between lunar ‘glass beads,’ dinosaurs’ downfall
An Australian-led team of scientists have analyzed glass formed by heat and pressure of ancient asteroids hitting the mo
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Egyptian, Greek FMs meet for talks after Turkey-Libya gas exploration deal
Foreign ministers of Egypt and Greece held talks in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday, following a recent oil and gas exploration d
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Heat wave disasters on the horizon
Heat waves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustain
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UN seeks help for developing world hit by rising debt costs
A boy carries buckets of water in Kidemu sub-location in Kilifi County, Kenya, March 23, 2022. The Horn of Africa drough
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World must triple investment in renewable energy: UN report
A renewable energy base in Sihong County, East China's Jiangsu Province is seen on Sunday as wind turbines spin. Th
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Monkeypox cases top 70,000
Case numbers in the global monkeypox outbreak have now topped 70,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on W
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Wildlife populations plunge 69% since 1970
Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landm
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Leap forward for brain research
Scientists have successfully implanted and integrated human brain cells into newborn rats, creating a new way to study c
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Scientists scour global waters testing plankton and pollution
After a near 2-year "Microbiome" mission around the world, scientists said on Saturday they had gathered thous
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Vaccination rate tied to mortality
There was a dramatic divergence in the average life expectancy of people in different global regions during the second y
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Ocean warming pace to quadruple if climate change not mitigated
A new comprehensive review of global ocean temperature data has allowed researchers to paint a clear picture of ocean wa
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Global cost of cybercrime may reach $10.5 trillion by 2025: Interpol official
Incidents of cybercrime and online child abuse are significantly underreported, and the global cost of cybercrime is exp
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Australia reverses recognition of W.Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Australia on Tuesday reversed a decision of the previous government to recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
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UN chief calls for urgent global action on poverty eradication
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for urgent global action to reverse the negative trend in poverty
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