East London people smugglers used lorries to bring migrants to the UK for £7,000 a head
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo east London people smugglers charged migrants up to £7,000 to bring them into the UK. Read More
Majority of fires in Greece were started by 'human hand', official says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreece’s climate change minister said 667 fires had erupted, as wildfires scorched hundreds of square miles of land outside Athens, on the…
UN says it’s forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of…
First asylum seekers expected to move onto Bibby Stockholm barge next week
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Home Office is expecting to send an initial 50 people to the UK’s first floating barge for asylum seekers on Tuesday despite…
Covid-19 cases up 24% in England as number of Brits in hospital increase
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of coronavirus cases in the UK has gone up by 24 per cent, with the number of Brits ending up in hospital…
Hepatitis may kill more people than malaria, TB, HIV combined — WHO
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe World Health Organisation has raised the alarm that viral hepatitis could kill more people than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV combined by…
World is entering ‘era of global boiling’, UN warns as July is the hottest month on record
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe warning lights have been on for weeks but now it is official: July 2023 is set to be the hottest month…
Nigerian chess prodigy makes a move for social change
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the suburb of Kubwa, outside Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, an 8-year-old chess prodigy wants to make her mark by using the board…
Couples are staying together as they can’t afford to break up
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCouples are staying together as they can’t afford to break up, new research has found. Read More
Five-year-old who fatally shot baby brother was high on cocaine while infant had marijuana in system, prosecutors say
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA five-year-old boy who fatally shot his baby brother in the US was high on cocaine while the toddler had marijuana in…