India's Assam flood death toll rises to nine
Houses swept away, roads and railways lines broken and tunnels blocked with debris
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Russia-Ukraine live: Moscow claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

World
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One dead in tunnel collapse in India's Jammu region

Asia
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Fuel shortage leads to school closures in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Asia
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Indian Prime Minister Modi to meet Biden at Quad summit in Japan

Asia
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India's top court finds police staged killings of accused gang rapists

Asia
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UN says 18 million people in Sahel face severe hunger

Africa
IN DEPTH
CORONAVIRUS
Omicron mutations BA.4 and BA.5 named as Covid variants of concern in UK
New strains are likely to have a 'growth advantage' over the current dominant variant

UK

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Questions raised over North Korea's low Covid death tally

Asia
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Coronavirus: UAE reports 362 new cases

Health
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Covid-19 may be linked to severe hepatitis in children, study finds

UAE
CLIMATE CHANGE
Middle East relies more on desalination as water shortages loom
Desalination plants are vital if the world is to have enough water to drink. Can technology make them more efficient and less harmful to our seas?

Environment

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'We are losing a national treasure': Lebanese cut ancient trees for heating

Lebanon
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Jordan’s red Dead Sea pools distract from environmental disaster

Jordan
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Tunisia cannot handle its own waste, so why is it importing Europe's?

Tunisia
GULF
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MENA
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ASIA
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES
AFRICA
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UN says 18 million people in Sahel face severe hunger

Africa
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Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru in Dubai for ‘save soil’ campaign

Government
EUROPE
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THE AMERICAS
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AUSTRALASIA
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OPINION
An image that illustrates this article Why does the myth of the 'Great Replacement' endure in the West?