Environment
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What is genocide and is it happening in Gaza?
Rights groups, lawyers and some governments are describing the Gaza war as “genocide” and calling for a ceasefire but Israel, created in the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust of Jews, vehemently rejects the explosive term.
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Gov’t Set To Reduce Greenhouse Emissions By 35% From 215 Million Tons
To achieve this, Kenya will internally finance 20% of the reduction, while the remaining 80% will rely on international support, including finance, technology transfer, capacity building, and participation in carbon markets.
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Myanmar Quake Victim Rescued After 5 Days as Aid Calls Grow
Dazed and dusty but conscious, the man was pulled through a hole in the rubble and put on a stretcher, video posted on Facebook by the Myanmar Fire Services Department showed.
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Myanmar Holds Minute of Silence for More Than 2,000 Quake Dead
Outside the Sky Villa apartment complex, one of the city’s worst-hit disaster sites, rescue workers stopped and lined up with hands clasped behind their backs to pay their respects.
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Woman Rescued Alive From Collapsed Mandalay Apartment Block: AFP
Applause rang out as Phyu Lay Khaing, 30, was brought out of the Sky Villa Condominium by rescuers and carefully removed from the rubble by stretcher.
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UK Announces £10 Million for Myanmar Quake Relief
The UK pledged £10 million ($12.9 million) in humanitarian aid for Myanmar on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people and caused widespread damage in the war-torn country.
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Massive Quake Kills Nearly 150 in Myanmar, Thailand
The shallow 7.7-magnitude early afternoon tremor hit northwest of the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar, and was followed minutes later by a 6.4-magnitude aftershock.
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Japan Wildfire Evacution Orders Partially Lifted
The fire had raged in the mountains around the northern city of Ofunato for over a week, killing one person and forcing more than 4,200 residents to flee their homes.
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Gov’t Launches Ksh2.8 Billion Forest Firefighting Initiative To Combat Wildfires
The new equipment includes high-tech fire trucks, drones, and a control hub to help protect key forests like the Mau, Aberdares, and Mt. Kenya.
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AU, Environmentalists honor Wangari Maathai’s environmental Legacy
It’s fourteen years since Wangai Maathai passed on but her legacy still inspires many. And as the World marks World Wildlife Day, the African Union (AU), driven by the legacy of the late Kenyan environmentalist…
