Africa’s Green Revolution threatens traditional foods
The promotion of monocultures is hurting the production of much more nutritious and climate-resistant traditional crops.
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The World Cup cicada: India’s rare insect on a four-year clock
A rare cicada emerges from the forests of Meghalaya, every four years, in time with the World Cup.
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Modest fashion’s global turn
From Instagram to Paris catwalks, modest fashion is booming as the global Muslim market heads toward $433bn by 2028.
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Why the Iran war is threatening whales near South Africa
Whales are increasingly exposed to traffic – and ship strikes.
Swiss court to hear Indonesian islanders’ climate case against cement giant
Four residents of Pari, a low-lying Indonesian island, filed the complaint in January 2023.
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South Africa’s president delivers G20 summit closing remarks
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has delivered closing remarks at the G20 summit in Johannesburg.
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Japan cuts Africa exchange programme amid fake immigration claims
Misinformation and populist rhetoric prompt abandonment of a cultural scheme meant to strengthen ties.
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One million Syrian refugees returned home since al-Assad’s fall, UN says
According to UNHCR, more than seven million Syrians remain displaced inside the country.
Treaty failure is not the end of the fight against plastic pollution
Culture change, business innovation and bold policy can curb plastic exposure without waiting for stalled global talks.
Abandoned houses in one of the villages in the Indus delta [Israr Ahmed Khan/AFP]
Haji Karam Jat, a fisherman, uses bamboo sticks to build his new house in Keti Bandar town. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
A boy walks past an abandoned house in one of the villages of Kharo Chan town. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
Haji Karam Jat (R) and his family members walk along an embankment in Keti Bandar town. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
A fisherman rides a makeshift raft as he returns after collecting mangrove wood near the Arabian Sea in the coastal region of Karachi. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
More than 1.2 million people have been displaced from the overall Indus delta region in the last two decades, according to a study published in March by the Jinnah Institute. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
Local residents walk to the boats that bring drinkable water to one of the island villages of Kharo Chan town. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
Fatima Majeed (R), a climate activist, speaks with fishermen in the town of Ibrahim Hyderi. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
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Lithuania to save Baltic seals as ice sheets recede due to climate change
The seal population has increased from about 4,000, considered nearly extinct, in the late 1980s to about 50,000.
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