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World faces ‘malaria emergency’ from resistance to insecticides, waning efficacy of drugs, funding shortfalls and climate changeAfrican leaders have warned that the world is facing the “biggest malaria emergency” of the past two decades.Heads of state …
Pontiff says rescuing those making Mediterranean crossings is a ‘duty of humanity’ on first visit by a pope to Marseille in 500 years Pope Francis has decried what he called the “fanaticism of indifference” as people risked their lives on dangerous jou…
Competition watchdog probes claims of profiteering by US drugmaker in country where tuberculosis is biggest killerSouth Africa’s Competition Commission will investigate the American drugmaker Johnson & Johnson for the high price it has been chargin…
Exclusive: wildfires, once rare in the UK, more than doubled last year to nearly 24,000 with devastating effects on wildlife habitatsWildfires recorded by UK fire brigades surged in 2022 amid extreme heat and droughts, new figures show, as a growing nu…
Tally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangeredGlobal rhinoceros numbers have increased to 27,000 despite populations being ravaged by poaching and habitat loss, new fig…
Protestors face 10-year jail terms under new hijab and chastity bill, which UN human rights body says is intended to suppress women into ‘total submission’Iran’s parliament has approved a controversial new bill under which women face up to 10 years in …
Mortality rate grows as animals roam long distances and clash with local people in desperate search for waterThe climate crisis is pushing elephants on a forced migration across borders in southern Africa in search of water, creating problems for natio…
Melting ice caps and rising sea levels are less urgent than floods, wildfires, drought and other disasters, New York summit hearsFloods, wildfires, drought and the onslaught of extreme weather are driving a global health crisis that must be put at the …
Ethiopian government is failing to protect its citizens from ‘grave’ human rights abuses, amid rising violence and hate speech – reportHuman rights abuses are still being committed in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region more than 10 months after a ceasef…
Leaders insisted war in Ukraine had not distracted them from sustainable development goalsWestern leaders have gone on a charm offensive on the opening day of the UN general assembly as they were forced to defend their record in meeting the organisatio…