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World News in Brief: 3 December 2022
A round-up of world news for 3 December 2022, from a WHO Covid warning and an Indonesian earthquake to the US B-21 bomber and a camel beauty contest in Qatar.
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The Earth's Lungs Are 22 Per Cent Gone: How Much Longer for Ours?
A Rajshahi University professor argues that wildfires, carbon emissions and wasteful consumption are destroying the Earth's lungs while the pandemic attacks our own.
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Food Prices Signal Pressure on the Global Economy
Consumers from Tokyo to London are feeling rising prices as supply chain shortages threaten the economic recovery after Covid-19 restrictions.
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Sri Lanka's cabinet approves proposal to ban cattle slaughter
Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a proposal to ban cattle slaughter, and the law will now go to parliament for approval.
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World Food Day: must everyone adjust to high food prices?
This year's World Food Day comes amid a UN warning of an unprecedented food security crisis and fears of steep rises in global food prices.
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NASA's Lucy Heads for Jupiter to Unlock Solar System Secrets
NASA has sent the Lucy spacecraft to study the asteroids around Jupiter, a mission billed as a search for the solar system's 'fossils'.
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World's 'Loneliest' Bear Dies Months After Rescue
Jambolina, a bear called the world's "loneliest" after 12 years caged for a Ukrainian circus, has died a few months after being rescued and taken to a sanctuary in the Swiss Alps.
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Bhasan Char Can Store Three Months' Food for 100,000 People
Four huge warehouses built on Bhasan Char can store three months' food for more than 100,000 Rohingya, part of a project that also includes solar power, fuel tanks and a lighthouse.
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Birds Roam Freely in the Courtyard of the Kaaba
With tawaf at the Kaaba suspended during the coronavirus pandemic, flocks of birds have settled on the empty courtyard, a photo on the Haramain Sharifain Facebook page shows.
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Bangladesh Has the World's Highest Rate of Pollution Deaths
A Lancet study says pollution killed 9 million people worldwide in 2015, with Bangladesh recording the highest rate of pollution-related deaths.
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Which Foods Are the Most Environmentally Friendly?
Food production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, and small changes to the weekly shop can make a big difference, experts say.
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Seven New Names on UNESCO's World Heritage List
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, at its 43rd session in Baku, added new natural and cultural sites to its list.
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How Many Lions Are Left in the World: Nine Facts You May Not Know
The lion, known as the king of the forest, is now on the endangered list; here are some facts about its roar and its appetite.