Weather tracker: the polar vortex disturbance behind Storm Blair
The winter storm has brought significant snow, dangerous ice storms and freezing rain across North AmericaA bitterly cold Arctic airmass, which has gathered across Canada...
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BHP to face 620,000 claimants in Mariana dam collapse trial in London
Claimants seeking damages from Anglo-Australian mining company over 2015 environmental disaster in BrazilThe mother of a seven-year-old boy who was torn from the arms of...
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Earthquake leaves death toll, injuries and severe damage – global issues
After successive crises in the besieged country – Saturday earthquake To be followed on Monday by Tropical Depression Grace – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...
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For Women in E-Commerce, “Entrepreneurship Means Freedom” – Global Issues
Pierangela Sierra has created an e-commerce platform in Ecuador called Tipti to make shopping easier but also to save people’s time. Ms. Sierra has spent...
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United Nations Envoy – Global Issues
Carlos Ruiz Maceo, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, briefed the ambassadors on the latest developments...