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    UN chief says world paying ‘horrific price’ for fossil fuels folly

    UN chief says world paying ‘horrific price’ for fossil fuels folly

    10 Sep 2022

    United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said developing nations were paying a "horrific price" for the world's reliance on fossil fuels, as he toured parts of Pakistan hit by floods blamed...

    Pakistan looks ‘like a sea’ after floods, PM says, as 18 more die

    Pakistan looks ‘like a sea’ after floods, PM says, as 18 more die

    07 Sep 2022

    Parts of Pakistan seemed "like a sea", Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, after visiting some of the flood-hit areas that cover as much as a third of the...

    Flood-hit Pakistan battles to avert overflow of biggest lake

    Flood-hit Pakistan battles to avert overflow of biggest lake

    06 Sep 2022

    Pakistan was scrambling on Tuesday to widen a breach in its biggest lake and keep the waters from overflowing amid unprecedented floods that have inundated a third of the South...

    Pakistan struggles to avert danger as floods rise, death toll tops 1,300

    Pakistan struggles to avert danger as floods rise, death toll tops 1,300

    05 Sep 2022

    Pakistani authorities are struggling to prevent the country's biggest lake bursting its banks and inundating nearby towns after unprecedented flooding, while the disaster management agency on Monday raised its toll...

    Pakistan charity urges government to lift ban on some NGOs over floods

    Pakistan charity urges government to lift ban on some NGOs over floods

    04 Sep 2022

    Pakistan’s largest charity, the Edhi Foundation, on Friday urged the government to lift a years-old ban on a number of international non-governmental organisations so they can help with relief efforts...

    How Palin lost in Alaska and why Republicans got it wrong

    How Palin lost in Alaska and why Republicans got it wrong

    02 Sep 2022

    Eric Garcia, The Independent Alaska’s special election threw up a surprise last night. With all the votes tallied at last, two weeks after the electorate went to the polls,...

    Pakistan floods cost at least $10 billion, affect over 33 million people

    Pakistan floods cost at least $10 billion, affect over 33 million people

    30 Aug 2022

    Early estimates put the damage from Pakistan's recent deadly floods at more than $10 billion, its planning minister said on Monday, adding the world has an obligation to help the...

    Britney Spears’s ‘Hold Me Closer,’ featuring Elton John, is the summer anthem we didn’t realise we were missing

    Britney Spears’s ‘Hold Me Closer,’ featuring Elton John, is the summer anthem we didn’t realise we were missing

    27 Aug 2022

    Emma Flint, The Independent Britney’s back! After a six-year-long absence, the original Princess of Pop has made her long-awaited return. In a Cinderella-esque comeback, when the clocks struck midnight...

    Important decision

    Important decision

    26 Aug 2022

    The e-bike trend in the United Arab Emirates is in full swing. A huge number of people are riding e-bikes on the roads fearlessly, and some of them are following...

    China’s jobless turn to car boot sales as Covid-hit economy stalls

    China’s jobless turn to car boot sales as Covid-hit economy stalls

    24 Aug 2022

    When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Wang Wei to shut his tourism company, the Tianjin native poured his life-savings of 80,000 yuan ($11,785) into selling coffee from the back of his...

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