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05/01/2022

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05/01/2022

Revellers cross international borders to welcome 2022; throw caution to the wind

Tens of thousands of people intermingled among complete strangers to usher in the New Year on Nepal’s Kosi river barrage. The revellers arrived from neighbouring districts of India and Nepal. They were unmindful of Omicron. 





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05/01/2022

Once tossed and abused, human trafficking survivor finds solace

Survivors of human trafficking need help to deal with post-rescue trauma, and the experience they go through during identification interviews and legal proceedings is painful. Some face re-victimisation and are punished for crimes traffickers force them to commit. Others are stigmatised and don’t have a support system.

By Mehru Jaffer / IPS



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05/01/2022

COVID-19 And Military Coup Result in Poverty; Impact Food Consumption In Myanmar

An United Nations study estimates that in a worst-case scenario, almost half the population of Myanmar could slide below the poverty line by 2022. This is the twin impact of COVID-19 and the coup by the country’s military junta.





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29/12/2021

World Meteorological Organisation recognizes new Arctic temperature record of 38⁰C A temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June 2020 has been recognized as a new Arctic temperature record by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The temperature befits the Mediterranean more than the Arctic.

A temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June 2020 has been recognized as a new Arctic temperature record by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The temperature, more befitting the Mediterranean than the Arctic, was measured at a meteorological observing station during an exceptional and prolonged Siberian heatwave last year. Average temperatures over Arctic Siberia reached as high as 10 °C above normal for much of last summer, fueling devastating fires, driving massive sea ice loss and playing a major role in 2020 being one of the three warmest years on record.

“This new Arctic record is one of a

A temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June 2020 has been recognized as a new Arctic temperature record by the World Meteoro

27/12/2021

OWSA has broken this story.

Bank accounts of the Missionaries of Charity have been frozen. The organisation’s patients and employees are left without food or medicine.