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Australia pledges $704 million to save Great Barrier Reef
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Australia pledges $704 million to save Great Barrier Reef

Canberra, Jan 28: The Australian government on Friday pledged to spend another 1 billion Australian dollars ($704 million) over nine years on improving the health of the Great Barrier Reef after stalling a UNESCO decision on downgrading the natural wonder's World Heritage status. Critics argue...
3,300-yr-old lead amulet discovered in northern West Bank
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3,300-yr-old lead amulet discovered in northern West Bank

Jerusalem, Jan 27: Israeli archaeologists have discovered a lead amulet with ancient Hebrew script, dating back to about 3,300 years ago, the Israeli Samaria Regional Council said. The artifact was found on Mount Ebal in Samaria region in the northern West Bank, the Council said on Wednesday. ...
Global education loss due to pandemic nearly insurmountable: UNICEF
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Global education loss due to pandemic nearly insurmountable: UNICEF

New York, Jan 25: More than 616 million students remain affected by full or partial school closures, a Unicef report on Tuesday said marking the International Day of Education. Even as the Covid-19 pandemic nears its two-year mark, in the report Unicef shares the latest available data on the...
NATO sends ships and fighter jets to eastern Europe
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NATO sends ships and fighter jets to eastern Europe

Brussels, Jan 24: NATO said Monday that it's putting extra forces on standby and sending more ships and fighter jets to eastern Europe as Russia continues its troop build-up near Ukraine.It said that it's beefing up its deterrence presence in the Baltic Sea area. A number of members of the...
Omicron may not evade all monoclonal antibodies: Study
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Omicron may not evade all monoclonal antibodies: Study

Washington, Jan 24: The Omicron variant of coronavirus may evade several, but not all, monoclonal antibodies used clinically to prevent patients from developing severe COVID-19, according to a laboratory study. Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-made proteins that mimic the immune system's...
High schools for girls to reopen in March: Taliban
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High schools for girls to reopen in March: Taliban

Kabul, Jan 24: Afghanistan's Taliban-led government has announced that high schools for girls, which have remained closed since the August 2021 takeover of the country, will reopen in March, according to media reports.In Afghanistan, the new academic year begins from March which also marks the first...
Death of 4 Indians at US-Canada border: Indian missions ascertaining details
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Death of 4 Indians at US-Canada border: Indian missions ascertaining details

New Delhi, Jan 22: With a family of four Indians, including an infant, found dead near the US-Canada border, government sources here said Indian missions are in touch with Canadian authorities for ascertaining the details of the tragedy and the post-mortem of the victims is likely to be carried out...
Thich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk, dies at 95
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Thich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk, dies at 95

Hanoi (Vietnam), Jan 22: Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died. He was 95.The death was confirmed by a monk at Tu Hieu Pagoda in Hue, Vietnam, who said that Nhat Hanh, known as...
Three of Tonga
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Three of Tonga's smaller islands badly damaged by tsunami

Sydney, Jan 19: Three of Tonga's smaller islands suffered serious damage from tsunami waves, officials and the Red Cross said Wednesday, as a wider picture begins to emerge of the destruction caused by the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific archipelago nation. Communications have...
Elon Musk slams UN, warns about population collapse
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Elon Musk slams UN, warns about population collapse

San Francisco, Jan 19: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has slammed the United Nations (UN) once again, saying that there are "not enough people" in the world and one should be more worried about population collapse.In a latest tweet, Musk posted, "UN projections are utter nonsense. Just multiply last...
Coronavirus is here to stay, will not vanish completely: WHO
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Coronavirus is here to stay, will not vanish completely: WHO

Moscow, Jan 16: The way the novel coronavirus pandemic is developing suggests that the virus will never go away completely, WHO Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said on Sunday. The virus will circulate as an endemic disease, TASS news agency quoted Vujnovic as saying on the Soloviev Live...
There cannot be any excuse for terrorism: India at UNSC Counter-terrorism Committee
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'There cannot be any excuse for terrorism': India at UNSC Counter-terrorism...

United Nations, Jan 11: India has said that countries need to be careful about providing excuses for terrorist acts since there cannot be any excuse for terrorism and must not divide themselves on combating one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. India is currently the Chair of the UN...
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