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LAKE CHAD CRISIS
Once one of Africa's largest lakes, Lake Chad has lost 90% of its water. Now countries are planning a $50 billion plan to save it?Lake Chad has lost nearly ninety percent of its surface area since the 1960s. This environmental decline severely impacts millions of peopl...- As Lake Chad shrank to a tenth of its size, engineers revived Transaqua: A plan to pipe water 2,400 km from the Congo River to refill it, moving a whole river across a continentLake Chad's water levels have significantly decreased, impacting over thirty million people. Engineers propose Transaqua, a massive canal t...
- What to know about joint US-Nigeria operation that killed a senior militant leaderTrump wrote in a social media post that the mission in the early hours of Saturday targeted Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, who was part of the top le...
- India 6th most polluted country; UP's Loni world's most polluted city, Delhi 4th: ReportIndia ranks as the sixth most polluted country globally due to fine particulate matter, with Loni identified as the world's most polluted c...
- From Brooklyn to the Bronx: How long will the NYC heatwave last and who’s most at risk?US Heatwave News: A rare and dangerous heatwave is sweeping across the United States, pushing temperatures into the triple digits across ma...
- Factory jobs are booming in the US like it's the 1970sThe resurgence has not been driven by companies bringing back factory jobs that had moved overseas, nor by the brawny industrial sectors an...
- World counts on India to mobilise credible actions to deliver on 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement': UN chiefIn his message to a special 'India@75' event on 'Showcasing the India-UN Partnership in Action', the UN chief underlined that as home to th...
- Extreme weather costs world billions in 2021: StudyAmong them is Hurricane Ida, which struck the US in August, costing $65 billion and killing 95 people. July floods in Europe cost $43 billi...
- Explained: Chad's strategic interest to France, Western alliesChad's longtime ruler President Idriss Deby's death, which Paris described as the loss of a courageous friend who had sought peace and stab...
- Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunityMessages from the Islamic extremist groups show concern about the virus mixed with bravado, asserting that it is punishment for non-Muslims...
- Here’s how climate change is viewed around the worldIn many countries, climate and the environment has become a political battlefield on which elections are increasingly being fought.
- Pak, India should resolve Kashmir dispute: Ban Ki-moon to Nawaz SharifBan Ki-moon's remarks came as Sharif handed over to him a dossier containing evidence of alleged human rights violations by Indian forces i...
- The issue of climate change is one of the top priorities: Ban Ki-moonWe really must change our behavior, by which we have abused our privilege in in last two centuries, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said.
- Boko Haram may have committed war crimes: UN rights chiefThe group has also repeatedly used young children as human bombs, including a case of a 14-year-old carrying a baby on her back who detonat...
- Ban outlines plan to bring peace in DarfurUN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has outlined an ambitious three-point plan to end the conflict in Sudan.
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