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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/10/2022 11:44:02 AM
Last year, climate activists who focus on disability rights scored a major victory at the United Nations climate change conference known as COP. They gained official status as a caucus recognized by the U.N. Secretariat, the conference organizer.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/10/2022 10:02:00 AM
On the sidelines of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), being held in Egypt’s Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh from 6-18 November, the Youth for Climate Caravan organised the event People’s Voices for Climate.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
11/9/2022 9:27:55 PM
Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 8:26:27 PM
Mohamed Al-Jasser, President of the Islamic Development Bank Group, said on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh that climate change continues to pose a major threat to social and economic development and to the general well-being of people and societies, noting that the bank's collective goal is to promote a just, inclusive and equitable transition.
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Life & Style
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Health
11/9/2022 11:54:48 AM
The World Health Organization said at least 15,000 people had died so far this year in Europe because of hot weather.
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World
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Region
11/9/2022 10:13:53 AM
A strike on a pro-Iran militia convoy in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border killed at least 14 people overnight, a war monitor said Wednesday, without specifying who carried it out.
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World
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Region
11/8/2022 6:24:28 PM
Italy’s new far-right-led government has blocked humanitarian rescue ships from accessing its ports, resulting in a standoff with charities that patrol the deadly central Mediterranean, rescuing people in trouble at sea.
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World
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International
11/8/2022 2:24:41 PM
The United Nations Tuesday warned of a worsening food crisis in bankrupt Sri Lanka and said the number of people needing urgent humanitarian help had doubled to 3.4 million.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/8/2022 11:24:56 AM
Since the emergence of the first humans in Africa over two million years ago the world's population has ballooned, with only fleeting pauses to the increasing number of people sharing planet Earth.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/7/2022 10:49:07 PM
The crushing impacts of climate change are already a "living nightmare" for people across Africa, Kenyan President William Ruto told world leaders at UN talks on Monday.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/7/2022 7:59:24 PM
At least 15,000 people have died in Europe because of hot weather in 2022 so far, the World Health Organization said Monday, with Spain and Germany among the worst-affected countries.
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World
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Africa
11/7/2022 12:30:18 PM
A new round of talks has begun between Ethiopia's government and Tigray regional representatives to work out military and other details of last week's signing of a ``permanent'' cessation of hostilities in a conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people.
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COP27
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To Know
11/6/2022 5:56:45 PM
Climate change has led to extreme weather events such as floods and drought. These events have become more frequent and more severe. Natural disasters associated with climate change have a devastating effect on people’s lives, destroying homes, roads and others key infrastructure.
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World Cup 2022
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Features
11/6/2022 2:50:46 PM
Qatar is home to some 2.9 million people, but only a small fraction _ around one in 10 _ are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefits fueled by Qatar's shared control of one of the world's largest reserves of natural gas.
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COP27
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To Know
11/6/2022 2:23:06 PM
More and more people have to cope with the repercussions of climate change as efforts to curb the phenomenon and its impacts do not seem enough.
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World
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Region
11/6/2022 1:36:59 PM
Five people were killed in a suicide bombing targeting a military training camp in Somalia, army officials told AFP Sunday, in an attack claimed by Al-Shabaab jihadists one week after twin blasts left 116 dead.
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World
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Region
11/6/2022 12:15:57 PM
Pope Francis said Sunday he was praying for "suffering peoples of the Middle East", at the end of a Bahrain visit promoting inter-faith dialogue in the Gulf state.
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World
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Africa
11/6/2022 11:04:13 AM
A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania, and the country's prime minister says 19 people on board were killed.
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World
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Region
11/6/2022 10:48:18 AM
Syrian government forces shelled tent settlements housing families displaced by the country's conflict in the rebel-held northwest early Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, opposition war monitors and first responders said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/6/2022 9:48:19 AM
Egyptian Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad tells Al-Ahram Weekly what to expect at COP27
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