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Tons of electronic waste pass through the West Bank’s border with Israel every week. The copper inside the waste, which is primarily cables, is extracted by burning it, and Israel is then sold the copper. The scrapyards are the sole source of income for thousands of Palestinian households. However, the health of the residents is being severely harmed by the burning
African wildlife officials who met in Rwanda noted that urbanisation poses a threat to the continent’s biodiversity. Rwanda created its first urban ecotourism and educational park by restoring a degraded wetland in the nation’s capital to encourage wildlife conservation
Building houses out of mud and other local materials is an old custom that is being revived in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.It is seen as a solution to current challenges like climate change
Isolated, impoverished, and ravaged by conflict Idlib is referred to as Syria’s “last remaining rebel stronghold,” although the majority of residents there depend on humanitarian aid to survive. According to locals, despair has spread throughout northwest Syria, where a growing number of young people are taking their own lives
Tens of millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya are suffering from malnutrition and starvation as a result of the Horn of Africa’s record drought. Food costs have increased as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, making it difficult for aid organisations to assist the affected communities as they prepare for a fifth consecutive failed rainy season
Hundreds of hospitals and health facilities were damaged by violence, according to local officials, medical experts, and people of Ethiopia’s Afar region, who also claim that they urgently need medical help. As global crises worsen, according to the World Health Organization, it is getting harder to meet the needs of the nation
A local blacksmith in Sumy, Ukraine, who once made furniture has changed his business in response to the war
After taking office as president of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe had promised to form an all-party government that could obtain a multibillion-dollar IMF bailout. However, his appointments have so far angered protesters
A family from Mariupol, Ukraine, managed to escape from the city blockade and emigrate to the United States. They survived heavy shelling and bombardment for 40 days with their 5-year-old daughter
During his six-year presidency, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war resulted in thousands of killings. Even while his campaign has received criticism abroad, he remains popular at home. However, baristas at a little coffee shop near to the nation’s capital share stories about people killed in the crackdown