South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners to the surface
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan…
Activists plant trees in Mali but residents strip them for firewood. They say there's no choice
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Reading Time: < 1 minute After years of serving as Mali’s minister of the environment, Aida M’bo now spends her time planting trees in a fight that…
People in Sudan and Gaza are starving. The international community must act
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Reading Time: < 1 minute I care about both Gaza and Sudan. It’s distasteful to compare extreme human suffering. But we can use the international metrics for…
OPINION - The golden era of TfL freebies like the 60+ Oyster must end — London can't afford it any more
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In just over six years, I’m due to join the best club in London. It won’t serve G&Ts, restrict women or provide…
Warning as 36 conditions no longer treated on the NHS - see full prescription ban list
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Brits have been warned that almost 40 medical conditions can no longer be treated by the NHS, a ban list has revealed. …
Three in four England universities expected to be in the red next year
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Reading Time: < 1 minute England’s universities face financial turmoil with nearly three in four expected to be in the red next year, according to gloomy forecasts…
Home workers spend more time sleeping and exercising, survey shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minute People who work from home spend more time sleeping and exercising than those who travel to work, a survey has found. Read…
How a controversial east London mayor found himself back in hot water
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Reading Time: < 1 minute It was a political comeback to rival Donald Trump’s latest triumph. Read More
Delhi becomes world’s most polluted city as AQI levels reach 1,000
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Reading Time: < 1 minute New Delhi ranked as the world’s most polluted city on Wednesday morning as residents in the Indian capital woke up to a…
Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pakistani authorities introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respiratory-related diseases…