Experts warn of 'epidemic' with half the world needing glasses by 2050
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHalf of the world will need glasses by 2050, leading to a global vision epidemic, eye experts warn. Read More
Abusive husband beat his wife to death with son's skateboard while police waited outside for permission from their bosses to go in
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn abusive husband beat his wife to death with their son’s skateboard while police outside waited for permission to enter from superiors. …
‘Every day I cry’: 50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCondemned as dangerous and abusive, the kafala labour system not only disregards migrant workers’ rights but depends on exploitation. Read More
Suleja prison: 108 inmates on the run in Nigeria
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 100 prisoners have escaped from a jail near Nigeria’s capital after heavy rain damaged part of the facility where they…
Parents lose more than two months of sleep in first year of tot's life
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBleary-eyed new parents are deprived of more than two months of sleep in the first year of their child’s life. Read More
At least six dead as fire tears through hotel in eastern India’s Patna
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA major fire that engulfed a restaurant and hotel in eastern India on Thursday killed at least six people and injured 20, a…
Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people as heavy rains continue in Eastern Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said…
Tanzania Shuts Down Five Hydroelectric Stations Over Excess Power Supply
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteReports have it that the Prime Minister of Tanzania, Kassim Majaliwa, has announced the shutdown of five hydroelectric stations in the country,…
Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder…
Venice begins charging day-trippers €5 in attempt to get a grip on tourist numbers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteVenice has become the first city in the world to introduce a payment system for visitors in an experiment aimed at dissuading tourists from…