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Inspired by Greta Thunberg, worldwide protest demands climate action
Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world yesterday to demand political leaders take urgent steps to stop climate change, uniting in a worldwide protest inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist, Greta Thunberg. Alarmed by images of
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Commit to urgent climate action now!
We, the inhabitants of Planet Earth, are already having to deal with unprecedented and alarming events from flooding to forest fires, in what is clearly a Global Climate Emergency. In the face of this challenging scenario, millions of concerned citizens
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Endangered by climate change, Pacific island nations chide Australia
FUNAFUTI: Small Pacific islands nations at risk from rising sea levels lambasted Australia today after it blocked moves at a regional forum to set down tough policies to combat climate change. Leaders of 18 countries in the Pacific Islands Forum
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Ecocide and Prejudice: A Malaysian Emergency
“Stop deforestation immediately.” I cringed the first time I heard it. Socio-cultural anthropologist Dr Ivan Tacey, who was speaking about the role of the Orang Asli in addressing climate change, made it a key recommendation he repeated throughout the two-hour
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Starving polar bear wanders into Siberian city
SIBERIA: A starving polar bear strayed hundreds of kilometres away from its natural Arctic habitat and wandered, exhausted, into Russian industrial city of Norilsk, in northern Siberia. The female bear, visibly weak and seemingly ill, lay despondently on the ground
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Australia sets May 18 election with campaign expected on taxes, climate change
SYDNEY: Australians go to the polls in a general election on May 18, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today, firing the starting gun on a campaign expected to be fought over taxation, climate change, and inequality. Opinion polls show Morrison’s
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