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According to the United Nations, one in ten people worldwide were aged 65 years and above in 2021. By 2050, this number is estimated to be one in six persons globally.
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Opinion: Love, respect on a lone elderly man’s last journey

by Dr K. Leelamoni October 10, 2023: I had a sense of annoyance when I opened the door to greet Boopathy, 39, who.

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UN says 13.4 million babies born preterm globally in 2020, 1m dies
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13.4 million babies born preterm globally in 2020, nearly 1m die: UN

HQ Team October 6, 2023: About 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications, according.

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An emergence of virulent diseases due to rising temperatures, a mass exodus of people fleeing wildfires and distressing scenes of farmers helplessly watching crops washed away are warning signals enough for governments to “hit the fast forward” on combatting climate change, the UN stated.
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‘Humanity has opened the gates to hell,’ says UN chief Guterres

HQ Team September 21, 2023: An emergence of virulent diseases due to rising temperatures, a mass exodus of people fleeing wildfires and distressing.

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Methamphetamine trafficking is expanding rapidly from the EU to Eastern Africa, changing illicit drug markets traditionally focused on opiates from Afghanistan, according to a UN report.
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Illicit meth from Afghanistan a growing global threat: UN body

HQ Team September 12, 20232: Methamphetamine trafficking is expanding rapidly from the EU to Eastern Africa, changing illicit drug markets traditionally focused on.

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Extreme heat due to climate change, combined with wildfires and desert dust, is having a pernicious effect on air quality, human health and the environment, a WMO report stated.
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Severe heat, wildfires, desert dust whirl up air pollution: WMO

HQ Team September 7, 2023: Extreme heat due to climate change, combined with wildfires and desert dust, is having a pernicious effect on.

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About 330,000 migrants and refugees continue to cross the dense tropical jungle between Colombia and Panama risking their lives and facing human rights abuses, the UN stated.
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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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The global marine industry is pulling out six billion tons of sand and sediments, a non-renewable resource, from the oceans a year, affecting coastal and marine ecosystems, the UN stated.
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Six billion tons of sand, sediments extracted from oceans a year: UN

HQ Team September 6, 2023: The global marine industry is pulling out six billion tons of sand and sediments, a non-renewable resource, from.

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The WHO issued a medical product alert, the fifth such on an Indian company’s syrup, terming it “substandard,” and reported by the Republic of Iraq.
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WHO alert on Indian firm linked to exports of ‘unsafe’ syrups in Iraq

HQ Team August 7, 2023: The WHO issued a medical product alert, the fifth such on an Indian company’s syrup, terming it “substandard,”.

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At least 2.5 million people died because of drowning in the last decade and 90% of these deaths occurred in low and middle-income nations, according to the WHO.
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Drowning kills 236,000 people, mostly children, every year globally

HQ Team July 25, 2023: At least 2.5 million people died because of drowning in the last decade and 90% of these deaths.

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The world’s tropics lost 4.1 million hectares of forests, the equivalent of 11 soccer fields, every minute in 2022, according to the World Resources Institute.
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Forest cover, the size of 11 football fields, vanishes every minute: WRI

The world’s tropics lost 4.1 million hectares of forests, the equivalent of 11 soccer fields, every minute in 2022, according to the World.

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