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The International Criminal Court warns that impeding relief supplies to Gaza may constitute a crime, and social services Minister Amanda Rishworth says the government is not afraid to disagree with China but respects its most significant trading partner, And a French championship game has been called off after fans attack a bus carrying the Lyon team.

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A Himalayan lake fed by melting ice just released a devastating flood in northern India. Thousands of other unstable lakes are getting bigger every year.

Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the president-designate of COP28, has sent a “comprehensive plan” for the summit to delegates, reports Axios.

Climate change is now one of the main causes of global hunger. It is not hard to see why. If you are an African farmer who relies on rain to irrigate your crops, for example, you’re in good company since 95 percent of agricultural land in sub-Saharan Africa is rain-fed. If climate change affects your local weather patterns, then your crops may wither and die due to drought.  Alternatively, a warming planet may mean that next harvest season swarms of flying insects will appear—insects you’...

The recent flood in Sikkim is a reminder that Hindu Kush Himalayan countries must bridge the gap between science and Himalayan climate action

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India News: In an alarming finding, a study by Isro’s Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has found that "aerosols are heating up the Himalayas, an

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The deadly flash flood in Sikkim on October 4, 2023, has brought back into focus the region’s extreme vulnerability to climate change.