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A New Zealand judge on Tuesday rejected a Kiribati man's claim that he should be granted refugee status because of climate change

Ioane Teitiota and his wife moved to New Zealand from the low-lying Pacific island nation in 2007. He argued that rising sea levels make it too dangerous for him and his fa...

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Sustainable Development

UN Calls on Asian Businesses to Unlock Economic, Development Potential of all of Asia-Pacific

Policy makers, business leaders and experts from Asia-Pacific countries ended two days of discussions led by the United Nations in Bangkok yesterday, calling for Asian busi...

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Health

Eye Makeup Used To Protect Children Can Poison Them Instead

The parents said they were using the kajal to promote eye health.   When health workers tested the kajal in the family’s home, the eyeliner turned out to be...

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Health

Babies’ Immune Systems May Stand Down To Let Good Microbes Grow

A newborn’s immune system is deliberately not doing battle with every germ that comes along so that “good” microbes have a chance to settle in, researcher...

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Eye Think

Happiness: A Goal Worth Pursuing

As daunting as it may be, defining what makes us happy is imperative in modern society. The Neolithic revolution, which took place approximately 12 thousand years ago, was ...

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Environment

Adverse weather may affect food prices in India: World Bank

"Weather has played a role, alongside improved production prospects, in sustained price declines... However, deteriorating weather conditions and other uncertainties might ...

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Hollywood

Rihanna and UNICEF come to the aid for the Philippines

UNICEF Supporter Rihanna helped kick-off the campaign and raise awarenes...

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David Guetta joins with United Nations for Typhoon Haiyan victims

The world needs more love, according to international music producer and DJ David Guetta...

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Hollywood

Women successful yet sidelined in film writing and directing

A new study for the BFI finds that UK independent films were more likely to be profitable if they had women in key backstage roles, yet the gender is still under-represente...

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Sexual harassment: The job requirement that shall not be named

Instead of searching for perverted details of the case and the identity of the victim, let’s ask if there’s an anti-sexual harassment at workplace mechanism in ...

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