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Africa
10/3/2022 8:14:41 PM
Kenya's new president says the Cabinet has ``effectively'' lifted the country's ban on openly cultivating genetically modified crops, reversing a decade-old decision as the East African country struggles with food security and a deadly drought.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
10/1/2022 3:24:12 PM
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Sports
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Africa
9/30/2022 10:44:16 PM
Sadio Mane was on target as Bayern Munich ended its four-game winless run by beating Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 as the Bundesliga returned from the international break on Friday.
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World
9/17/2022 9:07:08 PM
Son Heung-min ended his goal drought this season by scoring a hat trick after coming off the bench in Tottenham's 6-2 win over last-placed Leicester in the English Premier League on Saturday.
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International
9/14/2022 8:55:39 PM
In 2021 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued the first volume of its latest authoritative report on climate change. The United Nations secretary-general branded its findings a “code red for humanity”.
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Sports
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Talents Abroad
9/13/2022 11:14:07 PM
Egypt's Mohamed Salah ended a goal drought and Joel Matip headed in an 89th-minute goal _ with the aid of goal-line technology _ to earn Liverpool a 2-1 win over Ajax and its first points in this season's Champions League on Tuesday.
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International
9/13/2022 5:40:42 PM
Humanity is "going in the wrong direction" on climate change due to its addiction to fossil fuels, the UN said Tuesday in an assessment showing that planet-warming emissions are higher than before the pandemic.
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World
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Africa
9/9/2022 6:25:59 PM
From drought to cyclones and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change in Africa will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from activists and officials about how to pay for it.
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Life & Style
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Health
9/5/2022 2:59:28 PM
On Monday, the UN's humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned that Somalia was on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade.
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World
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Africa
9/5/2022 12:44:00 PM
The United Nations says ``famine is at the door'' in Somalia with ``concrete indications'' famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration in Somalia as thousands are dying in a historic drought made worse by the effects of the war in Ukraine.
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International
9/1/2022 8:09:07 PM
England had its joint hottest summer on record this year, tied with 2018, the country's meteorological agency said Thursday as it unveiled provisional mean temperature statistics for the three-month period.
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International
8/31/2022 12:27:34 PM
While global supply pressures have been easing in recent months, "specific European problems continue to push inflation higher," ING Bank economist Bert Colijn wrote in an analyst note. "The gas supply crisis and droughts are adding to persisting supply-side pressures on inflation at the moment."
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
8/30/2022 7:26:39 PM
The first ship carrying grain from Ukraine for people in the hungriest parts of the world has docked at the Horn of Africa port of Djibouti as areas of East Africa are badly affected by deadly drought and conflict.
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Sports
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World
8/29/2022 4:53:38 PM
Tottenham Hotspur manager boss Antonio Conte has said he would be happy for Son Heung-min to marry his daughter as he defended the struggling South Korea forward.
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World
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International
8/24/2022 2:12:04 PM
Parts of the European Union could face three more months of warmer and drier conditions as Europe weathers a major drought that has fueled forest fires, dried up rivers and devastated crops, the 27-nation bloc's Earth observation program is warning in a report.
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World
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International
8/24/2022 12:48:46 PM
China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record.
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World
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Region
8/24/2022 11:29:47 AM
Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages are without running water in drought-hit Iraq, surviving on sporadic tanker-truck deliveries and salty wells.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
8/23/2022 9:00:21 PM
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World
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Africa
8/23/2022 5:20:42 PM
More than 2.8 million children across the Horn of Africa and the Sahel are already suffering from severe acute malnutrition and could die in disturbing numbers unless urgent support is provided, the United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday.
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World
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International
8/22/2022 10:54:03 AM
Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record heat and drought batters the region.
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