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COVID-19 Erases Decade of Life Expectancy Gains

May 25, 2024

According to a study from the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a big drop in life expectancy around the world. The results show that the average life expectancy is now 71.4 years, which is much lower ..

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Proposal to Treat Breastfeeding as Carbon Offset Emerges

May 25, 2024

New studies and suggestions show that breastfeeding should be seen as an environmentally friendly practice that helps the economy grow and is good for long-term development. As worries about the health effects and damage to the environment from commercial milk ..

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WHO Nears Deal on New Pandemic Response Rules

May 25, 2024

The 194 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) are about to finish two years of talks in Geneva on new rules for how to respond to a pandemic. The main goal of these talks is to strengthen global ..

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Chinese Military Drills Intensify Near Taiwan After Lai Inauguration

May 25, 2024

China started large-scale military training near Taiwan soon after William Lai Ching-te became president of Taiwan on May 20, 2023, under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). In his inauguration speech, Lai promised to protect Taiwan’s freedom and told China to ..

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UK Committee Advises Keeping Graduate Route Visa Unchanged

May 25, 2024

It was reviewed by the UK’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) in May 2024, and they said that the Graduate Route Visa (GRV) should stay the same. This choice is in line with what stakeholders think because they value the GRV ..

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Scarlett Johansson sues OpenAI over Unauthorized Voice Replication

May 24, 2024

Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against OpenAI for using her voice without her permission brings up an important question in the age of artificial intelligence (AI): who owns one’s voice and who can use it without permission. This is a problem that ..

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Maldives To Launch India’s Rupay Service Amid Bilateral Tensions

May 24, 2024

The Maldives wants to make its own currency, the Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR), stronger, so it has announced plans to accept India’s RuPay payment service. This is a step forward in working together financially, even though there have been political problems ..

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UN Body Withholds Accreditation To India’s Human Rights Commission

May 24, 2024

There is a lot of attention on India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) because it needs to follow the Paris Principles to keep its accreditation standing with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). This kind of approval ..

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