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The Climate Crisis Is Making the Pacific Islands Uninhabitable. Who Will Help Preserve Our Nations?

The climate crisis is creating an increasingly uncertain future for people in most parts of the world. Paradoxically in my region, the Pacific, it is making our future increasingly certain—but not in a way that gives any kind of comfort.

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Police in Pakistan Probe Whether Attack on Dental Clinic Was Anti-Chinese

A gunman opened fire at the clinic in Karachi, killing one person and injuring two others.

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Weight Lifting May Help You Live Longer, Study Says

Lifting weights can build strength, add muscle, and put you in a good mood. Now, a new study finds that the practice may have an even bigger benefit: a longer life. An observational study of nearly 100,000 people over about

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Weight Lifting May Help You Live Longer, Study Says

Lifting weights can build strength, add muscle, and put you in a good mood. Now, a new study finds that the practice may have an even bigger benefit: a longer life. An observational study of nearly 100,000 people over about

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Italians march for abortion rights after far-right election victory

Protesters have marched in Rome and Milan, as well was other Italian cities, to defend the right to abortion in Italy, which they fear is under threat after a far-right party led in parliamentary elections.

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Meeting in Brussels Signifies a Turning Point for Allies Arming Ukraine

Defense officials responsible for purchasing weapons for more than 40 nations discussed how to ramp up production for a potentially yearslong war.

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Russian Leaders Welcome Referendum Result in Ukraine

Votes, described as a ‘sham’ by Kyiv, were seen in Moscow as opening way for four regions of Ukraine to join Russian Federation.

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Europe ramps up pipeline security in response to suspected sabotage in Baltic Sea

European companies are ramping up security around pipelines and energy prices are climbing again as the suspected sabotage of two pipelines that deliver natural gas from Russia underscored the vulnerability of Europe’s energy infrastructure and prompted the EU to warn

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UN envoy says risk of war in Yemen is ‘real’

The U.N. envoy for Yemen has warned that the risk of a return to fighting in the country “is real” and urged warring parties to accept a longer extension of the current cease-fire due to expire next month.

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Protesters Seek End of Iranian Pillar—the Morality Police

The country’s morality police are an unpopular vestige of the 1979 revolution and represent a weak point for the government.

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