Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says
UNICEF says it amounted to one in seven school-going children across the world being kept out of class at some point in 2024 ...
Surviving 3 days in Xi’an, one of China’s most polluted cities and home to a giant air purifier
The writer regretted not wearing a mask, as her lungs felt as though they were burning. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Trump threatens to scrap emergency agency as he visits disaster-hit North Carolina and California
US President Donald Trump said on Friday (Jan 24) he plans to sign an executive order to overhaul or eliminate the main ...
The surprising stagnation of Asia’s middle classes
The most striking finding is a steady deceleration in the growth of the middle class. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, an ...
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Commentary: AI voice tech used in The Brutalist is nothing new – the backlash is about transparency
The Brutalist has received 10 Oscar nominations despite controversy over its use of artificial intelligence. But it’s not ...