“You only need to look around the world to think that we need to be doing and spending more,” said a New Zealand diplomat
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‘Harry Potter’ author in hot seat again for gender views
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Canada unemployment rate climbs
The employment rate fell for the sixth month in a row due to a population boom and now stands at 61.4 percent
Posted inHealth
Prostate cancer cases to double over two decades
Researchers said the rise in cases is linked to increased life expectancy and changes in the age pyramid around the world
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Electric cars credited with lower CO2 emissions in US neighbourhoods
California, which has the fifth-largest economy in the world, has some of the strictest environmental standards in the US
Posted inProfessional
Academic freedom declining globally, index finds
Attacks on freedom of expression, interference at universities and the imprisonment of researchers are some ways academic freedom is declining
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Biden warns Netanyahu US support depends on Gaza civilian protection
The White House warning comes after Israel killed seven aid workers unloading food in famine-threatened Gaza on Monday
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What we know about how ‘forever chemicals’ affect health
These chemicals have been detected virtually everywhere on Earth, from the top of Mount Everest to inside human blood and brains
Posted inEnergy & Environment
US Fed should avoid climate change ‘mission creep’: Powell
Fed policymakers are often pressed to take a position on issues relevant to the economy but not within its mandate: Fed chair
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French couple get suspended sentence over hoarding 159 cats
A psychiatric assessment of the owner revealed a mental condition known as the “Noah syndrome,” or animal hoarding