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World News in Brief: Time for climate justice urges UN chief, Ukraine war update, call for ‘free and fair’ elections

World News in Brief: Time for climate justice urges UN chief, Ukraine war update, call for ‘free and fair’ elections

Under the deal agreed by 193 countries in 2015 in the French capital, sticking to the limit will help humankind avoid the worst impacts of rising temperatures. This month is also on track to be so warm that for the first time ever, a 12-month cycle may exceed the 1.5°C threshold, according to Europe’s Copernicus…

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Pakistan Army Inter Regional Volleyball Championship won by Peshawar

Pakistan Army Inter Regional Volleyball Championship won by Peshawar

Pakistan Army Inter-Regional Volleyball Championship was won by Peshawar, in the final, Peshawar defeated Bannu by 3-2. In the final of Pak Army Inter-Regional Volleyball Championship, there was an interesting match between the teams of Peshawar and Bannu. Corps Commander Peshawar Lieutenant General Hasan Azhar Hayat distributed prizes among the players. 20 talented players were…

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World News in Brief, Bangladesh democracy call, accountability for Israeli victims of sexual violence, plastic pollution in the Antarctic, powering Ukraine

World News in Brief, Bangladesh democracy call, accountability for Israeli victims of sexual violence, plastic pollution in the Antarctic, powering Ukraine

High Commissioner Volker Türk voiced his concern that Sunday’s poll which saw Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secure a fifth term in office, was “marred by violence and repression of opposition candidates and supporters”, according to a press release from rights office OHCHR. “In the months leading up to the vote, thousands of opposition supporters have…

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Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHO

Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHO

In central Gaza, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Sunday that medics at the only functioning hospital in Deir al Balah governorate “had been forced to cease lifesaving and other critical activities…and leave” after an evacuation order issued amid “increasing” Israeli military activity. Only five doctors reportedly remain at Al-Aqsa Hospital in the…

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