Most of the residents of the Hassan Sham camp in northern Iraq feel like outcasts, with nowhere else to go. And conditions are getting worse as funding for food, education and health care dries up.
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While the numbers are small relative to numbers reported in Europe or in the U.S., they are the highest since the first big outbreak of COVID-19 in the central city of Wuhan in early 2020.
Aleksandra Shchebet fled Kyiv when the bombing began, found refuge in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk — and decided to stay and help her country in any way she could.
No matter how the pandemic proceeds, women who lost a husband — and sole family breadwinner — will lead irrevocably altered lives in the patriarchal society that is India.
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Iraq's capital city is already seeing record heat — up to 125 degrees Fahrenheit. A report predicts more 120-plus degree days to come. And the "urban heat island" effect will make things even worse.
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Experts say New Zealand's actions have likely saved thousands of lives by allowing the nation to mostly avoid earlier, more deadly variants and buying time to get people vaccinated.
Both countries are huge suppliers of grains and other essential foods. And with widespread hunger and high food prices already, the war couldn't have come at a worse time.
