Environment
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India releases first video of lunar rover Pragyaan’s moonwalk
The rover is carrying two scientific instruments which will try to find out what minerals are present on the lunar surface and study the chemical composition of the soil.
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More than 60 migrants feared dead in Atlantic
More than 60 mostly Senegalese people are feared dead after their boat was found drifting about 300km (186 miles) from the Atlantic island nation of Cape Verde.
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The deadliest wildfires
The US wildfire in which almost 100 have died in Hawaii is among the most deadly of the 21st century
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Anita Soina, Championing Environmental Conservation with Unwavering Passion
She discovered her interest in climate and environmental change at only 18 yrs old
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Relief and despair: repeal of logging ban divides Kenya
The government defended lifting the ban, insisting that only mature trees in state-run plantations would be felled, and that Kenya’s most biodiverse and carbon-rich wild forests would remain untouched.
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Each cigarette in Canada to come with warning label
They will have to come with an individual health warning that “cigarettes cause impotence” and cancer, and that there is “poison in every puff” under new rules that came into effect Tuesday.
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Amnesty International Kenya condemns the use of force by police against protestors
The organization has called for an immediate stop to violent policing and criminalizing of protests by the state
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How heatwaves are dangerous to human health
The World Meteorological Organization has warned that repeatedly high overnight minimum temperatures are particularly dangerous to human health, because the body never gets a chance to recover.
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Deadliest cult disasters
After the death toll in a Kenyan cult massacre in which members were believed to have starved crossed 400, we look at other notorious killer sects.
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Evelyn Acham on Tackling the Real and Catastrophic Climate Change Crisis
She is one individual who is mitigating the catastrophic impacts of climate change in order to provide effective solutions to this global hindrance.
