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Thursday, 08 April 2021 21:01
Mozambique: MSF helping thousands
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said they will continue to work around the clock assisting thousands of people evacuated from the shores of Palma after violent attacks by insurgents. At the seaport of Pemba MSF teams have…
Thursday, 08 April 2021 20:58
Thailand: fire season - more pollution
It is fire season in Thailand, with hundreds of patches of farmland and forest ablaze in the north, belching toxic fumes into the atmosphere and poisoning the air. Tiny pollution particles caused an estimated 32,000 premature…
Thursday, 08 April 2021 20:57
Turkey: priest imprisoned for religious charity
A Turkish court sentenced Syriac priest Father Sefer to two years and one month in prison on terrorism-related charges. This sentence comes just over a year after Father Bileçen was detained alongside twelve others on the…
Thursday, 08 April 2021 20:54
Iran: alarm as pandemic numbers shoot up
Iran is currently fighting a fourth wave of the pandemic, according to its health authorities, who announce horrifying rates on a daily basis. As of 6 April, the number of cities under a red alert hit…
Thursday, 01 April 2021 21:35
Brazil: who controls the ‘lungs of Earth’?
Those fighting to halt climate change call the Amazon rainforest the ‘lungs of Earth,’ and Brazil's current president has made his country a chain-smoker. A healthy Amazon is crucial for the fight against climate change. Human…
Thursday, 01 April 2021 21:32
Myanmar: murder and airstrikes
On 27 March security forces killed over fifty protesters who defied a warning that they could be shot ‘in the head and back’ if they came out while the country's generals celebrated Armed Forces Day. ‘Today…