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Singapore launches fish farm in a shipping container to bolster food security
There are hopes the urban 'innovative' scheme will help the city-state hit an ambitious target to produce a third of its food domestically
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Meet the elderly Britons swapping the NHS for luxury care homes in Thailand
With social care in the UK on its knees – and the NHS in a similar state – retirement resorts are becoming an attractive alternative
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Afghan women died in earthquake as they feared Taliban punishment for not wearing hijab
Strict laws forbidding men from mixing with women who are strangers led to a larger female death toll
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Climate change is one of our biggest health threats – humanity faces a staggering toll unless we act
As the planet warms, the world's health systems could become overwhelmed by the consequences of extreme weather events
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Experts warn of ‘respiratory health disaster’ as toxic air engulfs New Delhi
Heavy smog triggers a surge in hospital admissions, school closures and a suspension of construction work in the Indian capital
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Air pollution is knocking up to eight years off life expectancy in these countries
Report warns that pollution caused by fine particulate matter remains the world’s greatest external risk to human health
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Ukraine’s toxic water crisis is escalating – and the consequences will be huge
Destruction of the Kakhovka dam unleashes toxins like heavy metals and radioactive materials stored in sediments from the Chornobyl disaster
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Covid patients exposed to higher pollution levels ‘hospitalised for longer,’ says study
Experts find that, even at low levels, air pollution steeply increases risks for Covid-19 and other diseases
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Obesity set to impact one in five adults in Africa by late 2023, WHO warns
Lifestyle and diets are shifting dramatically across the continent, raising concerns of a 'ticking time bomb' of obesity
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Britain needs more than willpower to shake off addictions to fags, booze, junk food and ‘chillaxing’
Should the government ban, regulate and red-tape the country into good health?
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Investing $1 per person could save 7 million lives from heart disease, cancer and diabetes
Countries must prioritise funding for non-communicable diseases – which cause seven out of 10 deaths worldwide each year – WHO says
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Experts warn smokeless tobacco is fuelling an epidemic of oral cancer across Asia
Tobacco powder is hugely popular in countries like India, but the substance contains thousands of chemicals
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How Australia’s shameful legacy is still blighting Aboriginal futures
As the country goes to the polls over Indigenous rights, assimilation policies from its colonial past still plague First Nation communities
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Australia’s ‘metropolitan elite’ headed for defeat in country’s ‘Brexit moment’
The controversial referendum for Aboriginal rights splits the nation in bitter debate
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Hope for the world’s hungry as Ukraine breaks Russian shipping blockade
Cargo ship loaded with 3,000 tonnes of grain completes voyage across the Black Sea
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From ‘sponge cities’ to beavers: 17 ways to protect against climate change
Global warming remains a huge challenge worldwide, but there are things we can do now to protect ourselves in the future
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Libya’s catastrophic flooding is turning into a rolling emergency
With limited clean drinking water, the growing threat of cholera, diarrhea and typhoid outbreaks could cause a second wave of death
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Inside South Africa’s hijacked buildings
Rising rates of extreme poverty have driven the homeless to occupy unsafe properties across Johannesburg
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The world has experienced its hottest ever three-month period – what comes next?
Wildfires, disease, mass migration and food scarcity are among the challenges facing mankind
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Thousands of children sexually abused to order on encrypted video calls with western customers
UK is third largest market, says new report which estimates up to half a million children could be affected
