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By Adel Aldaghbashy [Sanaa] The four-year conflict in Yemen which has pushed huge swathes of the population close to famine has also left the country…
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Our oceans are threatened by three major challenges: climate change, overfishing and pollution. Plastic pollution is of growing concern, and has gained international attention from…
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Ukraine’s Donbas bears the brunt of toxic armed conflict
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