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Decorated with butterflies, infant-sized coffins sent to measles-ravaged Samoa
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Volunteers in the New Zealand city of Rotorua are preparing two dozen white-lined coffins to be transported…
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Victoria Falls shrink to a trickle, feeding climate change fears
VICTORIA FALLS, Zambia (Reuters) - For decades Victoria Falls, where southern Africa's Zambezi river cascade down 100 metres into a…
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Samoa says almost 90% of people vaccinated against measles after deadly outbreak
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Samoa said on Saturday nearly 90% of eligible people had been vaccinated against measles as it lifted…
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Giant fire near Sydney may burn for weeks as people struggle to breathe
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A giant bushfire on the edge of Sydney, which has blanketed the city in smoke causing a…
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‘Indiana Jones’ scientists collect seeds in wild for climate change fight
LONDON (Reuters) - Braving perils from blood-sucking leeches to tigers and using transport as basic as elephants, scientists have journeyed…
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Climate change hits health, yet funds lacking: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Climate change is harming human health as more people suffer from heat stress, extreme weather and mosquito-borne…
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Earth’s temperature likely marks hottest decade on record – report
MADRID (Reuters) - The past decade is almost certain to be the hottest on record, weather experts warned on Tuesday,…
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Malta prime minister expected to quit in crisis over journalist murder
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has told associates he plans to resign over the political and legal…
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Sudan’s midwives told to stop genital mutilation on mothers after birth
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sudanese midwives must stop performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on new mothers, health experts said…
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Vietnam receives remains of all British truck victims
HANOI (Reuters) - The remains of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London last month have been…
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