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UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...Health - ABC News - November 12 -
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...World - ABC News - November 11 -
Pollution in Pakistan's Punjab province has sickened 1.8M in a month, officials say
Officials say worsening air pollution in the past month has sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab provinceWorld - ABC News - November 12 -
Smog crisis envelops Indian capital as Pakistan province declares emergency
Schools ordered to close in Delhi and Punjab province as neighbouring countries battle dangerous air pollution. India’s capital, Delhi, has ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
What’s to be done about Delhi’s toxic smog?
Efforts to mitigate the air pollution smothering the capital require collective actionWorld - Financial Times - Yesterday -
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Eye Opener: Dangerous smog chokes India, Pakistan
Record-breaking levels of smog in India and Pakistan are visible from space and posing a health risk to millions. Meanwhile, in Australia, an emperor penguin found on a tourist beach miles from ...Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago -
Emergency Declared as Smog Chokes Parts of India and Pakistan
The authorities in New Delhi closed schools and urged residents to stay home. Similar measures have been implemented in Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province.World - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Air Pollution in Pakistan’s Largest Province Leaves Hundreds Hospitalized
The authorities in Lahore, home to 13 million people and the country’s second-biggest city, have told half the work force to stay home.World - The New York Times - November 7 -
Toxic smog covers Indian capital as pollution hits record levels
Residents in India’s northern states woke up to another day of poor air quality on Tuesday, as pollution in the capital, Delhi, remained severe.Top stories - NBC News - 2 days ago -
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
Pakistani authorities have declared a health emergency in the country's east due to smogHealth - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Dollar weakens as investors rein in bets on Trump victory
Markets move after poll shows unexpected groundswell of support for Kamala Harris ahead of Tuesday’s electionBusiness - Financial Times - November 4 -
Smog Will Shut Schools in Pakistan’s 2nd-Largest City for a Week
The city of Lahore reported hazardous levels of air pollution on Sunday. Pakistani officials have blamed India for some of it.World - The New York Times - November 4 -
Parks, zoo, schools close in Pakistan as residents choke on record-breaking smog
Authorities in a broad swath of eastern Pakistan have closed all parks and museums because of record-breaking smog that already has prompted the closure of schools and government offices and has ...World - ABC News - November 8 -
Smog in Pakistan Smothers Lahore, Breaking a Vibrant City’s Rhythms
Lahore comes alive at night. But this year’s record onslaught of cold-weather smog — residents call it the “fifth season” — has broken its rhythms.World - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Toxic smog cloaks India's capital as Diwali firecrackers push air pollution to hazardous levels
A thick layer of toxic smog is cloaking India’s capital as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, pushes air pollution to hazardous levelsWorld - ABC News - November 1 -
Toxic smog cloaks India's capital as Diwali firecrackers push air pollution to hazardous levels
A thick layer of toxic smog is cloaking India’s capital as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, pushes air pollution to hazardous levelsHealth - ABC News - November 1 -
‘More toxic than ever’: Lahore and Delhi choked by smog as ‘pollution season’ begins
As air pollution hits toxic levels, one proposal is to introduce a ‘smog diplomacy’ initiative between Pakistan and India. As the smog descended over Lahore, people began to feel the familiar ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog
Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respiratory-related diseases as hazardous smog continued to shroud the ...Health - ABC News - November 13 -
Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog
Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respiratory-related diseases as hazardous smog continued to shroud the ...World - ABC News - November 13 -
Is the UN warning of 3.1C global warming a surprise?
Another dire temperature prediction but it has to be seen in context.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
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Haiti sees a rise in killings and police executions with children targeted, UN says
U.N. officials say more than 1,740 people were killed or injured in Haiti from July to September, a nearly 30% increase over the previous trimesterWorld - ABC News - October 30 -
Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says
A UN agency verified victims from a six-month period and said it found international law violations.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Nearly 70% of deaths in Gaza were women and children, UN says
Israel is rejecting a new United Nations report on the early months of the war in Gaza that says 70% of those killed were women and children. Meanwhile, Israel is warning its citizens to avoid ...Top stories - NBC News - November 11 -
UN authorizes first mpox vaccine for children in an attempt to control Congo outbreak
The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for childrenHealth - ABC News - Yesterday -
UN authorizes first mpox vaccine for children in an attempt to control Congo outbreak
The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for childrenWorld - ABC News - Yesterday -
Nobel prize winners endorse Harris and warn Trump would endanger future of science
Open letter by 82 laureates commends Harris and calls Trump a potential threat to progress on climate crisis. More than 80 Nobel prize winners have endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidency, ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
‘We’re running out of time’: UN warns of 3.1C temperature rise
Paris agreement target of 1.5C of global warming ‘will be gone in a few years’ without action, agency saysBusiness - Financial Times - October 24 -
UN report warns of famine, aggravated by conflicts and climate shocks
Severe food crises threaten hundreds of thousands in vulnerable areas, including Sudan, South Sudan, Haiti, Mali and the Palestinian territories, where populations face or approach famine, a report ...World - ABC News - October 31 -
A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief
António Guterres says treaty will endure but urges US to remain amid reports that Trump plans to withdraw from the climate negotiating framework entirely. . The world needs the US to remain in the ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Israeli assault has caused ‘apocalyptic’ situation in northern Gaza, UN warns
Key officials say entire population of northern Gaza ‘at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence’. The situation in the northern Gaza Strip is “apocalyptic” as Israel pursues a ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
‘Essential to act now’ to prevent chaotic climate breakdown, warns UN chief
On the eve of Cop29 in Baku, António Guterres says dangers are underestimated as irreversible tipping points near. The world is still underestimating the risk of catastrophic climate breakdown and ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
Bomb targeting police assigned for polio drive kills 9 people, including 5 children, in SW Pakistan
A powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle has exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwest Pakistan, killing nine people including five ...World - ABC News - November 1
