Antimalarial drug may have killed 17,000 people in first Covid-19 wave
HQ Team January 8, 2024: About 17,000 people may have died in six countries after using antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine during the first wave.
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Refugee crossings through Darien Gap highest ever, says OHCHR
HQ Team September 6, 2023: About 330,000 migrants and refugees continue to cross the dense tropical jungle between Colombia and Panama risking their.
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Heatwaves across Europe, the US “new normal,” says WMO
HQ Team August 21, 2023: The heat waves sweeping across the globe are the “new normal” and do not come as a surprise,.
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Reconstruction challenge in Turkey, Syria as toll at 41,000
About 1.5 million are homeless in Turkey after the largest earthquake disaster devastated the country, with 210 million tonnes of rubble awaiting clearance,.
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Turkey, Syria trembler toll at 33,000, UN calls for $43 million in aid
The WHO needs $43 million to help support earthquake response in Turkey and Syria, as the combined death toll touched 33,000 and aftershocks.
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Turkey, Syria quake toll crosses 20,000, global agencies call for new aid routes
About 14 trucks carrying relief materials reached opposition-held areas in Syria from Turkey, through the only authorized route for aid deliveries to quake-struck.
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Time running out for quake survivors in Turkey, Syria
Time was running out for the survivors of the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria as health agencies and organisations called for urgent.