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PARIS, France — Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said Wednesday.
Climate disasters are getting worse, but fewer people are dying thanks to better warning systems and planning, says a top UN official.
MANILA, Philippines — The figures are alarming: according to the 2021 World Health Organization country key indicators, the Philippines has a still birth rate of 10.17 per 1,000 births, and a neonatal mortality rate of 12.28 (0-27 completed days of life) per 1,000 births.
For eight months, families of the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 have been imploring Israel's government to strike whatever deal is needed to bring them home alive.
SINGAPORE, Singapore — Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday.
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — The New York architect accused of murdering multiple women and leaving their corpses scattered along the Long Island coast kept a “blueprint” of his crimes on his computer, prosecutors revealed Thursday as they brought charges against Rex Heuermann in two more killings.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has refuted a report claiming two teachers died from heatstroke while conducting classes in Iloilo.
GENEVA, Switzerland — The United Nations called Tuesday for an international investigation into reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals destroyed in Israeli sieges, saying war crimes might have been committed.