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Big tobacco's environmental impact is 'devastating': WHO
The World Health Organization accused the industry of causing widespread deforestation, diverting badly needed land and water in poor countries away from food production, spewing out plastic and chemical waste as well as emitting millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide
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EU leaders ban most Russian oil, as Moscow advances in Donbas
Participants in Monday's EU summit hatched a compromise deal that exempts deliveries by pipeline from the oil import ban, after Hungarian President Victor Orban warned halting supplies would wreck the country's economy
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Drones. Crutches. Potatoes. Russians Crowdfund Their Army.
Across Russia, grassroots movements, led in large part by women, have sprung up to crowdsource aid for Russian soldiers
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Lavish projects and meagre lives: The two faces of a ruined Sri Lanka
As Sri Lanka grapples with its worst-ever economic crisis, with people waiting hours for fuel and cutting back on food, nowhere is the reckless spending that helped wreck the country more visible than in Hambantota, the Rajapaksa family's home district in the south
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China eyes security pact in Pacific Island summit
As an enticement, Beijing is offering millions of dollars in financial assistance, the prospect of a China-Pacific Islands free trade agreement and access to China's vast market of 1.4 billion people
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Why South America's breadbasket isn't the answer to global wheat crisis
Here's a look at the major wheat producing countries in South America, and how they might, or might not, be able to help alleviate the crisis
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Big tech is getting clobbered on Wall Street. It's a good time for them
The dissonance between the stock market's relative panic and the business-as-usual calm among tech giants foreshadows a period when analysts, investors and economists predict that the world's largest companies will widen their lead in their respective markets
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How does it end? Fissures emerge over what constitutes victory in Ukraine
At a moment when the US refers to Russia as a pariah state that needs to be cut off from the world economy, others, largely in Europe, are warning of the dangers of isolating and humiliating Putin
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From Japan to Zambia, the push for paid menstrual leave
On World Menstrual Hygiene Day, here's a tour of countries in the world that have given women time off work to recover
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Who is protected against monkeypox?
The monkeypox outbreak has grown to include about 260 confirmed cases and scores more under investigation in 21 countries
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Twitter's chief tries staying the course as Elon Musk upends plans
Parag Agrawal, Twitter's CEO, had spent the past six weeks steering the company through a $44 billion sale to Elon Musk, the world's richest person